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Police Acknowledge the Deaths of 27 Pastoralists in the Nasarawa Airstrike.
Police acknowledge the deaths of 27 pastoralists in the Nasarawa airstrike.
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Police acknowledge the deaths of 27 pastoralists in the Nasarawa airstrike.
The Nasarawa State Police Command has verified that an airstrike in the state’s Doma Local Government Area resulted in the deaths of 27 pastoralists.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) received confirmation of the casualty and development numbers from DSP Ramhan Nansel, the command’s public relations officer (PPRO), on Thursday in Lafia.
According to Nansel’s preliminary inquiry, the pastoralists had travelled to Benue on Tuesday to settle penalties for the release of cattle that had been detained by the Benue Livestock Guards as they carried out the state’s anti-open grazing and ranching law.
He said, “While they were loading some of the cows into vehicles on Tuesday night in Kwatiri village, a border community between Benue and Nasarawa, something like a drone or an aircraft hovered in the air and shelled them.”
Nansel said the Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Mohammed-Baba, had visited the scene of the incident and also attended the burial of the deceased alongside the State Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, and some traditional rulers.
He said an investigation was ongoing to unravel those behind the act, adding that the command had deployed policemen to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
Gov. Abdullahi Sule had since condemned the dastardly act, saying that he was in touch with his Benue counterpart over the matter as security agencies continued their investigations. He called on the people to remain calm and not take the law into their own hands.
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) also condemned the alleged killing and called for a full investigation to unravel those behind the attack.
In a statement made available to NAN by its National Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Nura, MACBAN said, “This is the third time we are experiencing such happenings.”
He said that, apart from the victims, livestock was also killed in the attack.
“MACBAN describes the action as not only condemnable but a war crime under the Geneva Convention that prohibits the wanton killing of livestock.
“We call on the authorities to investigate this terror, punish the culprits, and be sure that incidents like this will not happen again,” the Nura said.

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