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Benue herdsman commits suicide over death of 200 cows


John Charles

A 56-year-Fulani herdsman, Mohammed Abdulkadire, jumped into River Benue in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt.

The National Coordinator of Miyietti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Benue State chapter, Garus Gololo, who spoke to our correspondent on Saturday, said the deceased committed suicide after he lost 200 of his cows to hunger and lack of water.

The Benue State Government had, on November 1, commenced the implementation of its anti-open grazing law, leading to some herdsmen relocating to other states.


Gololo said since the commencement of the Benue anti-open grazing law, Fulani herdsmen had lost about 600 cows due to poor feeding and inaccessibility to water.

He lamented that Abdulkadire, who had 22 children, cried and jumped into the river out of frustration when he discovered that 200 out of his 500 cows had died where they were camped, looking for a means to relocate from Benue State.


The herdsmen’s leader said, “The man killed himself simply because there is no place for his cows to graze. He was to relocate to the Awe LGA of Nasarawa State but information got to us that the area was occupied and no herdsman or herdsmen should cross over to the area again.

“We are calling on the Federal Government to intervene to quickly make provision for herdsmen in Benue State before they lose everything they have.”

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the suicide had not been reported.


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Just imagine. So the lives of their cows is more important that the human lives that have been wasted?

Lol this tactics won't work benue government and its people want u gone

They should use the money they keep using to buy AK47 bullets and rifles to hire trucks to move all their cattle to Either sambisa forest or Falgore Forest in the north which has many small rivers and plenty of shrubs good for feeding their blood thirsty dirty demonic cattles ...I also call on all middle belt and southern states to immediately ban the sale or consumption of beef in their states due it poor cardiovascular properties and unhealthy nature and watch how these blood baying savages come to their senses...I have made it point of duty not to use my money to buy "conflict beef" because doing so amounts to funding the killer squads of these rampaging herdsmen and besides red meat is not even healthy .

So sad, who is to blame??

The blood you murderers spilt is choking you

FarahAideed:
They should use the money they keep using to buy AK47 bullets and rifles to hire trucks to move all their cattle to Either sambisa forest or Falgore Forest in the north which has many small rivers and plenty of shrubs good for feeding their blood thirsty dirty demonic cattles ...I also call on all middle belt and southern states to immediately ban the sale or consumption of beef in their states due it poor cardiovascular properties and unhealthy nature .

I support this motion they should all move to sambisa

The money this Fulani people use in buying guns and other dangerous weapons is enough to acquire land and build a ranch to keep on rearing their cows but no they prefer to buy AK 47 to kill people and destroy their farmland and crops.
No Fulani in Benue should be treated with human feeling. They are devils and should go back to core North. This guys are not human beings and as matter of fact they deserve another country different from Nigeria.
If they must stay in Benue then let them buy land and build a ranch. Enough of the killings in Benue.
And for the useless skinny ones still causing trouble in cross river,delta and plateau state,your time is coming when they will also ban open grazing.is just a matter of time.

Fulanis MUST embrace modern methods of cattle farming

Mkmoney:
Lol this tactics won't work benue government and its people want u gone

Don't mind those murderers they think the people are stupid enough to welcome them back so they can kill more people

Twenty-two (22) children!

Holy cow!!!