Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Thursday
afternoon stormed Tombo in Buruku local government area of the state, killing
no fewer than 15 persons.
It was gathered that the marauders
who razed part of the community also took over the deserted villages.
According to a source who spoke from
the besieged community, “as I speak with to you the people are shooting
sporadically and the villagers are fleeing for fear of being killed. “The
situation in Tombo at the moment is scarery and we are helpless, it’s as if we
are in a war situation where the mission of the invaders is to occupy and tske
over our villages.
“It’s a pathetic situation because
corpses are littering the community though one cannot give a specific number of
the dead which should not be less than 15 but I know that the casualty figure
could be huge because many have been wounded as bullets continue to fly around.
“The people are also burning down houses, farms and food stuff as they move
into the villages in what looked like a well coordinated attack.”
When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistant Superintendent, ASP, Moses Yamu who
confirmed that seven persons had been killed said the incident occurred at
about 3pm Thursday.
Yamu disclosed that the Commissioner
of Police, Mr. Paul Yakadi had led a team to the crisis zone to ascertain the
cause of the renewed clash in order to compel the feuding parties to cease
hostilities..
The attack on Buruku is coming on
the heels of the recent attacks on Agatu and Logo lo local government areas of
the state where hundreds of lives have been lost to the incursion of the
herdsmen.
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