NIGERIA'S ongoing problem of Fulani cattle herdsmen attacking local communities across the country took a new turn this week when they adopted a new tactic of wearing military uniforms during an invasion of Ungwar Missi village in Kaduna State.
On Thursday, gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen wore Nigerian Army uniforms when they invaded Ungwar Missi village in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing seven persons while several others were critically injured. Among those killed were the 85-year-old district head of the village, John Zango and an 80-year-old man identified as Yakubu Abuja.
Kaduna State Police Command spokesman Aliyu Usman, confirmed the attack but said only four and not seven persons lost their lives. This latest attack comes just less than two weeks after a similar one on Godogodo, in Jema’a Local Government Area, which claimed no fewer than 20 lives.
Following the first attack, the chairman of the local government area to placed the community under curfew. Despite this, on Thursday, herdsmen dressed in army uniforms came to Ungwar Missi and called out the village head, Mr Zogo, and other elders for what they claimed to be security briefing on the situation in the area.
One eyewitness said that as soon as the group in military uniforms started discussing with the village head and the elders, there were gunshots on the outskirts of the village and the same soldiers then shot and killed the village head and some others in his house and fled. He added that after that, the whole village was burnt down and those who managed to escape have no place to stay now.
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