By: Adelowo Oladipo, Minna
No fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed while several others were variously injured in a fresh attack in Tashan-Rimi, close to Godoro in Rafi local government area of Niger State.
This is part of a reprisal attack between the Kamuku Ethnic group and Fulani herders which happened last Tuesday has continued in spite of measures the state, local Government and the Emirate council assured to have put in place after the two terrible attacks that earlier occurred recently.
According to sources, the steps taken did not yield any positive results hence the continue attack and killing due to lack of concrete measures put in place forestall its reoccurrence between the two groups in the area.
It was reliably gathered that the committees step up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Fulani-Kamuku crises, there were no law put in place for its enforcement so as to prevent the escalation of the killings.
The Village Head of Tashan-Rimi, Alhaji Garba Mohammed Bissalla, in a telephone interview, confirmed that Six people were killed by the Fulani harders that attacked Musa Bahago and his son, Hamisu Musa and others last Tuesday around midnight.
Alhaji Garba Bissalla expressed deep shock over the attacks, saying that as the leadership of Kamuku continue to strictly obey the directives of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago by preaching to their subjects on the need for peaceful coexistence, however, on the part of the Fulani, they have continued to threaten, killing and stealing their animals.
Alhaji Bissalla lamented that the federal, state and local Government have abandoned them to their faith in times of security and for the past 20 years they have not benefited from any social amenities.
He attributed the recent attack to the earlier crises that claimed the lives of over one hundred and six families with one extended family losing fourty five members.
No official statements on the development by the relevant security authorities at the time of filing this report
