A killer Fulani herdsman has put a lie to claims and propaganda by vested
interests that herdsmen on a killing spree across the country were not
Nigerians.
Other killer-herdsmen have continued to occupy Agatu village in Benue
State months after slaughtering over 400 innocent women and children with
large scale destruction of property.
A 24-year old suspect, Mohammed Zurai, a fulani, arrested by the Special
Response Team of the Inspector-General of Police, gave a chilling account
of how he recorded the killing of over 100 people in Nimbo village of
Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State in order to show his people
his feat.
He said the 100-man killer gang were Fulanis drawn from seven states
notably Katsina, Kaduna, Niger, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kogi and Benue States.
He said traditional kolanuts were shared among the leaders of the Fulani
communities in the seven states to support the attack.
The leaders, he said, later sent representatives.
He identified leaders who participated in the killing as Alhaji Suddi,
Alhaji Kuriya, Alhaji Dula and Ardo Dula (living in Enugu State).
Others he identified are Mallam Adamu , Alhaji Chiroma, Adamu Sarka,
Alhaji Botdo, Alhaji Iro Kogi and Alhaji Fanya (from Kogi State).
Zurai said a meeting was held two days to the attack in Ameke town in Kogi
State to perfect plans before the attack was launched.
The Police confirmed that the video recording of the killing was recovered
from the suspect.
“After we attacked the town through the bush, I saw a man who had just
been slaughtered on the ground. I brought out my phone and recorded the
scene.
“I asked the dead man, ‘Your people had confidence to kill Fulani people
but now you are dead. Don’t you know that Fulani owns Nigeria?’ I recorded
the video to show my relatives in Kogi where I live how successful the
operation was. As we moved around Nimbo, I saw an Igbo man who used to
give me food anytime I was in the state. I warned him to quickly leave
town to avoid being killed,” he said.