Justin Tyopuusu, JalingoThere was wailing on Friday afternoon in Janibanibu village in Taraba State as the Catholic Church held funeral service for nine victims of the recent attacks on Janibanibu and Kasuan Bera communities by suspected herdsmen. Batare said the grief following the attacks on Kona communities called for sober reflection and urged the people to unite against the common enemy trying to decimate them. “The Archbishop Kaigama and Bishop Hammawa all condemned the needless violence and burning of mosques by irate youths in protest over attacks on Kona communities. The crisis is not a religious crisis and the state cannot afford to go into a religious crisis. Our correspondent reports that five people were buried on Tuesday while four were buried on Friday in a mass grave in Janibanibu village.

Source: Punch June 21, 2019 15:56 UTC