{"id":102758,"date":"2023-01-26T11:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102758"},"modified":"2023-01-26T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T10:30:26","slug":"police-confirm-alleged-killing-of-27-pastoralists-in-nasarawa-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/police-confirm-alleged-killing-of-27-pastoralists-in-nasarawa-airstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Police confirm alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in Nasarawa airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an \u2018airstrike\u2019 in Doma Local Government Area of the State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figure on Thursday in Lafia.<\/p>\n<p>Nansel said that preliminary investigation revealed that the pastoralists had on Tuesday, gone to Benue to pay fines for the release of cattle impounded by the Benue Livestock Guards implementing the State\u2019s Anti-Open Grazing and Ranching\u00a0 Law.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said: \u201cWhile 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said investigation was ongoing to unravel those behind the act, adding that the command had deployed policemen to the area to prevent the breakdown of law and order.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nGov. Abdullahi Sule had since condemned the dastardly act,\u00a0 saying that he was in touch with his Benue counterpart over the matter as security agencies continued their investigations.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the people to remain calm and not take laws into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) had also condemned the alleged killing and called for full investigation to unravel those behind the attack.<\/p>\n<p>MACBAN, in a statement made available to newsmen by its National Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Nura, said \u201cthis is the third time we are experiencing such happenings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that apart from the victims, livestock were also killed in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMACBAN describes the action as not only condemnable but a war crime under<br \/>\nthe Geneva Convention that prohibits the wanton killing of livestock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on the authorities to investigate this terror, punish the culprits and to be sure that incidents like this will not happen again,\u201d the Nura said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an \u2018airstrike\u2019 in Doma Local Government Area of the State. 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