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By Titus Eleweke Sun Mar 07 2021

At least four herders were shot dead in an attack on a settlement in Ogborji, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State....

According to Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), South-East Zone, many cows were stolen in the attack which happened on Saturday.

Siddiki said over 20 Fulani herdsmen have been killed in Anambra alone from January to March, 2021.

He disclosed this in Awka, Anambra State capital, while briefing some journalists on the incessant attacks and killings of MACBAN members in the state and southeast zone in general.

Siddiki, who was visibly pained, said the latest attack on his people took place at Mohammed Idris Herders’ Settlement on Saturday.

He said he was told that gunmen entered the camp and started shooting and in the process four Fulanis were killed, while their corpses were taken away, adding that hundreds of cows were missing in the attack.

“One of the escaped herders called me and told me that some unknown gunmen in a Hilux vehicle with red cap invaded Mohammed Idris Herders’ Settlement shooting sporadically and that led to the deaths of our four members and hundreds of Cows missing,” he said.

He added that out of the four dead, police have recovered one corpse while three other corpses are yet to be accounted for.

According to him, they have found where five cows were slaughtered in the area.

He said with the recent killing of the four herders, the total number of Fulanis killed between January and early March 2021 in Anambra State alone is above 21.

He gave the names of the recent the victims as; Hadari Umaru, Hamidu Umaru, Aliu Idris and Hassan Idris.

He also disclosed that two herders were also killed in a similar manner in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, last week, while many have been killed this year alone.

Siddiki said until the recent attacks, members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association enjoyed cordial relationship with their host communities in the entire South East.

According to him, the Fulanis in zone are not attacking the host people and are not carrying AK47 because they have warned them against such.

He stated, “The Fulani people in the South-East are not violent and we are not here to undermine the business of the people of the area. So, I am surprised why my people have been killed unjustly like that.

“We have experienced a lot of challenges in the region including the death of our members, despite our quick response whenever issue of compensation arises. I am constrained to say this publicly, because I can no longer hold the pains anymore.

“My people have begin to think I have been compromised… while keeping wait over various killing of herders in the zone. They have accused me of not saying anything about their killing in the zone.

“My worries now is that time will come when they cannot listen to me again, then it would be very difficult to control and manage them. There is no issue of farmland damaged by our people that we did not pay,” Sidikki lamented.

He called on the Anambra State Government to take action to stop further attack and killing of herders in the state.

Meanwhile, all calls and text messages put to the spokesman of Anambra State Police Command, CSP Haruna Mohammed, to react on the incident were not responded to.

“My worries now is that time will come when they cannot listen to me again, then it would be very difficult to control and manage them. There is no issue of farmland damaged by our people that we did not pay,” Sidikki lamented

Never4getU:
OPC should understand the war fare against this people. Kill them immediately they are captured, don't wait for any law enforcement cos they will re-enroll in to the society and continue with the plan of ethnic cleansing of major ethnics in Nigeria.

Capture to kill... don't spare them!!

41. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

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42. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you

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43. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

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44. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you

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45. that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

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46. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

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47. And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

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48. Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

theBLOODofJESUS:
Igbos are peaceful people, so what's happening? Government should investigate the brutal killings of innocent herdsmen in the SE region. I am sure the Devil is using IPOB terrorists to cause chaos.

Oh Jesus, son of David, help Nigeria. Blood of Jesus cover us all.

AtikuNetwork:
This looks like the work of Ipob and ESN. The governor should immediately intervene and compensate the herders for their losses. The SE is becoming too hostile to herders. The North is watching.

DaddyRochie1642:
I'm only interested in the Cows,
What will become of the missing cows

SLAP44:
No pictures, no names of those attacked and you are calling the police?

The police should arrest the herdsmen and fling them to the north to keep them in the place they belong.

41. (1) Every citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof, and no citizen of Nigeria shall be expelled from Nigeria or refused entry thereby or exit therefrom.

theBLOODofJESUS:
CHAPTER 4, Section 41

SLAP44:
Show me the chapter that says herdsmen shall kill farmers and rape villagers in their villages?

(5) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed to be innocent until he is proved guilty;

Provided that nothing in this section shall invalidate any law by reason only that the law imposes upon any such person the burden of proving particular facts.

DaddyRochie1642:
I'm only interested in the Cows,
What will become of the missing cows

theBLOODofJESUS:
Matthew 5:41-48

BeeBeeOoh:
What if that enemy that I'm praying for slit my throat while praying?


Oga no just talk nonsense give me abeg

theBLOODofJESUS:
What did Jesus do to his enemies that killed him? What did his disciples and apostles do to their enemies that killed them?