Plateau: Gunmen shoot 12 Fulani herdsmen, kill 12 cows

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

A group of notorious gunmen in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday night waylaid Fulani herdsmen at Bisichi village and opened fire on them, killing 12 cows while 12 of them were also hit by the assailants’ bullets.

According to a statement issued by the Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in the state, signed by the Media/Information officer of the Force, Captain Salisu Mustapha, the affected people and the cows were migrant Fulani herdsmen moving from the local government to Songa council area of Kaduna State when they were attacked.

The statement pointed out that the Commander of the STF, Major-General Henry Ayoola, summoned an emergency meeting with the chairmen of Barakin Ladi and Jos South local governments along with traditional rulers in the area with the aim of preventing the incident from escalating.

It was pointed out that the meeting resolved that the owners of the cows should be supported financially to cushion the loss and an assessment of the loss be made to make perpetrators pay compensation when apprehended.

The chairman of Barakin Ladi Local Government and the STF Commander donated N100, 000 each, while the Sector 7 of the STF in charge of the council area also contributed twenty thousand naira.

In a related development, STF personnel on patrol have recovered a stolen green Range Rover with registration number GQ 824 ABC at Agwan Rogo area of Jos North Local Government.

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