Kogi: Fulani Herdsman Raises Alarm As Suspected Hoodlums Cart Away 28 Cows

Armed hoodlums have attacked the house of a fulani herdsman in Ankpa, Kogi State, where they killed 28 of his
cows and made away with 7 others.

It was gathered that the alleged armed hoodlums invaded the herdsman house located at Ogodo area of Ankpa on July 30 and August 16 to carry out the act.

The herdsman identified as Malam Lawal Ahmadu, said that the youths, armed with guns, knives and other dangerous weapons, first invaded his house on July 30 and made away with nine big cows.

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Ahmadu said that the suspected hoodlums attacked his house again on August 16 during which they stole 16 cows and inflicted gun injuries on seven others.

He alleged that the attackers, who came in three tricycles on the two occasions, slaughtered the cows in his presence and carted the meat away with the tricycles.

According to him, two of the seven cows shot by the invaders on August 16, died few days later, bringing the total number of cows killed to 27, adding that the attackers left only five young cows for him.

He said that the incidents were reported to the police, the community head, Kogi State Vigilante Service, the local government administrator and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria.

The State Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Mr Abubakar Adamu, said letters have been written to the state government on the need to fully compensate the herdsman in order to sustain the existing peace among different communities in the state.

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He urged the police to fish out the perpetrators so as to ensure justice and calm restiveness triggered by the incidents in fulani settlements across the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP William Aya, who confirmed the incidents, said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Ede, had ordered additional deployment of policemen to protect the area and forestall another attack on the herdsman by armed youths.

He appealed to Fulanis in the state not to retaliate, asking them to allow police to do their job, as 3 suspects have already been arrested in connection to the attack.