From Abel Leonard, Lafia
No fewer than 10 people were reportedly killed in last Saturday’s attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Gidan Sule in Kadarko, Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
It was gathered that unspecified number of AK 47 wielding gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herders, invaded Gidan Sule village in the early hours last Saturday, shooting any person on sight.
Checks revealed that at the end of the sporadic gun shots, five people were killed and scores of others escaped with bullets wounds, while several others were reportedly missing, as survivors scampered for safety.
Besides, two people earlier reportedly missing were found dead at a nearby bush on Sunday morning, while other several others, including children, women and aged people had not been seen at the time of filling this report.
Confirming the incident, President, Tiv Development Association (TIDA), Comrade Peter Ahemba, said after five bodies were recovered on Sunday, more than 10 bodies were recovered from the bush.
Comrade Ahemba, who decried the incessant unprovoked attacks on his kinsmen in recent time recalled how gunmen killed three people at Antsa village in Kwara, Keana local government area of the state some weeks ago.
He bemoaned the killing, saying despite the drafting of security personnel at the Antsa and Dooka to prevent further attacks, he wondered why such attacks were carried out unabated, after the measures taken by the state government.
The TIDA president said, “after Saturday’s attack on Tiv community of Sule village, where three people were reportedly killed by Fulani herders, it is confirmed this morning that more than 10 bodies have been recovered from the bush and still counting.”
A survivor of the attack who craved annonymity told Daily Sun that five bodies were recovered yesterday morning with two people still missing.
“Five bodies were recovered yesterday and two people were still missing as of yesterday.
“This morning, the two missing people were found dead, bringing the casually figure to seven and one person still missing,” the source said.
Efforts to obtain comment from the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State Command, Ramhan Nansel, was unsuccessful as calls to his mobile phone failed to connect, just as a text massage sent to his phone was not replied at the time of this report.