{"id":49681,"date":"2016-05-28T14:29:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T13:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=49681"},"modified":"2016-05-28T14:29:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T13:29:55","slug":"nimbo-massacre-killer-herdsmen-fulani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nimbo-massacre-killer-herdsmen-fulani\/","title":{"rendered":"Nimbo Massacre: &#8216;Killer Herdsmen Are Fulani&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A killer Fulani herdsman has put a lie to claims\u00a0 and propaganda by vested<\/p>\n<p>interests that herdsmen on a killing spree across the country were not<br \/>\nNigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Other killer-herdsmen have continued to occupy Agatu village in Benue<br \/>\nState months after slaughtering over 400 innocent women and children with<br \/>\nlarge scale destruction of property.<br \/>\nA 24-year old suspect, Mohammed Zurai, a fulani, arrested by the Special<br \/>\nResponse Team of the Inspector-General of Police, gave a chilling account<br \/>\nof how he recorded the killing of over 100 people in Nimbo village of<br \/>\nUzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State in order to show his people<br \/>\nhis feat.<\/p>\n<p>He said the 100-man killer gang were Fulanis drawn from seven states<br \/>\nnotably Katsina, Kaduna, Niger, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kogi and Benue States.<\/p>\n<p>He said traditional kolanuts were shared among the leaders of the Fulani<br \/>\ncommunities in the seven states to support the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders, he said, later sent representatives.<\/p>\n<p>He identified leaders who participated in the killing as Alhaji Suddi,<br \/>\nAlhaji Kuriya, Alhaji Dula and\u00a0 Ardo Dula (living in\u00a0 Enugu State).<\/p>\n<p>Others he identified are Mallam Adamu , Alhaji Chiroma, Adamu Sarka,<br \/>\nAlhaji Botdo, Alhaji Iro Kogi and Alhaji Fanya (from Kogi State).<\/p>\n<p>Zurai said a meeting was held two days to the attack in Ameke town in Kogi<br \/>\nState to perfect plans before the attack was launched.<\/p>\n<p>The Police confirmed that the video recording of the killing was recovered<br \/>\nfrom the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter we attacked the town through the bush, I saw a man who had just<br \/>\nbeen slaughtered on the ground. I brought out my phone and recorded the<br \/>\nscene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked the dead man, \u2018Your people had confidence to kill Fulani people<br \/>\nbut now you are dead. Don\u2019t you know that Fulani owns Nigeria?\u2019 I recorded<br \/>\nthe video to show my relatives in Kogi where I live how successful the<br \/>\noperation was. As we moved around Nimbo, I saw an Igbo man who used to<br \/>\ngive me food anytime I was in the state. I warned him to quickly leave<br \/>\ntown to avoid being killed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\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>A killer Fulani herdsman has put a lie to claims\u00a0 and propaganda by vested interests that herdsmen on a killing spree across the country were not Nigerians. 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