The source also said the government believed that bandits and mercenaries, and not herdsmen, were responsible for the killings. The official added that the military men would soon begin to take decisive military steps to tackle the situation. Adi told our one of our correspondents on the telephone on Sunday that he came under attack from suspected Fulani herdsmen around Gidin Dorowa, a town in the Wukari LGA. According to him, when he got the news that suspected Fulani herdsmen killed the Tiv man, he mobilised his security team to the area. Kawas stated this when he led a delegation of the ICCEBA on Friday to commiserate with the governor over the killing of 73 people on New Year’s Day by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Source: Punch January 29, 2018 01:07 UTC