Gunmen kill 73 cows belonging to livestock farmers

Gunmen attacked a band of

Daily Trust reports that the attack occurred at the Kadarko community in Keana local government area of Nasarawa State in the early hours of Sunday, January 28.

According to Muhammed Sani who is the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Nasarawa chapter, the gunmen attacked the village, which is located between Benue and Nasarawa states, while shooting sporadically.

Reports say the gunmen numbered about 100 and allegedly belong to a Tiv militia in Benue.

A spate of killings in Nigeria in recent times have been blamed on marauding Fulani herdsmen.

Mass graves

On January 11, 2018, 73 persons killed by herdsmen were buried in mass graves in Benue State, with State Governor Samuel Ortom declaring a three day mourning period for residents.

At the conclusion of the period of mourning, the government held a memorial service in honour of all the victims at the IBB Square in Makurdi, the state capital.

Ortom had blamed Buhari for not doing enoughto protect his people.

"Let me be frank. The federal government has not done enough. When this incidence started with the threat from the president and secretary of Miyetti Allah, Kauta Hore, who addressed a press conference and issued threats that they will do everything possible to frustrate the Benue State Government from implementing the anti-open grazing law, we quickly drew the attention of the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, and even the office of the National Security Adviser", Ortom had said.

Fulani herdsmen in some northern States recently told Pulse that they aren't responsible for the killings.