Fulani attackers kill 20, raze 80 houses in Nasarawa

Semiu Salami
Semiu Salami
Fulani herdsmen

Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, unleashed a wave of coordinated attacks on Gidan Gambo, Abaagu, Atabela, Assakio, Assahangwa, Adamu Agyo and host of other communities in the southern senatorial zone of in Nasarawa State on Sunday, killing 20 persons and burning no fewer than 80 houses.

Areas affected in the fresh attack by the suspected Fulani insurgents included Ikposogye, Lega Obi, Tudun Adabu, Mararaba Obi, Agwatashi, Deddere, Agwan Mamman, Agwan Hamidu, Agwan Sule, Ome and Adamu Agyo Fadama Buna.

Also affected in the previous attacks by the suspected Fulani insurgents were Company, Wayo, Arikiya, Agwan Usman, Angwan Gindiri, Angwan Ali, killing over 100 people.

Investigations revealed that the suspected Fulani insurgents attacked those villages at about 5pm on Sunday living scores of houses and property worth million of naira were destroyed.

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