By Hassan Ibrahim, Lafia | Publish Date: Mar 24 2017 2:00AM (e gunmen suspected to be among those displaced from Zamfara State have killed five and injured seven Fulani herders and rustled over 500 cattle in Udege area, Nasarawa LGA of Nasarawa state. The gunmen had allegedly seized some mountains in the area where they took and hid kidnapped victims. The state chairman of Miyyati Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Muhammed Husseini, who spoke to newsmen yesterday on the development, said, “In the last one week the criminals had killed five Fulani herders in separate attacks, injured seven others and rustled over 500 cattle. Only last Monday they attacked Gidan Kwano town, Mararaba Udege where they injured three herders and rustled 252 cattle.” Husseini said the MACBAN officials and the state commissioner of police had visited the areas to calm down the victims of the attacks. One of the victims, Bello Ahmadu told newsmen that dozen Gunmen kill 5 herders, rustle 500 cattle in Nasarawa.

Some gunmen suspected to be among those displaced from Zamfara State have killed five and injured seven Fulani herders and rustled over 500 cattle in Udege area,
Nasarawa LGA of Nasarawa state.
The gunmen had allegedly seized some mountains in the area where they took and hid kidnapped victims.
The state chairman of Miyyati Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Muhammed Husseini, who spoke to newsmen yesterday on the development, said, “In the last one week the criminals had killed five Fulani herders in separate attacks, injured seven others and rustled over 500 cattle. Only last Monday they attacked Gidan Kwano town, Mararaba Udege where they injured three herders and rustled 252 cattle.”
Husseini said the MACBAN officials and the state commissioner of police had visited the areas to calm down the victims of the attacks.
One of the victims, Bello Ahmadu told newsmen that dozens of rustlers stormed their village midnight. “They rustled all 174 cattle of our family. When some of the family members tried to resist them, they shot them.”
State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Sadiq Bello, who confirmed the incident, said the command had deployed a crack team to the affected areas to tackle the challenges.