{"id":67773,"date":"2019-07-21T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=67773"},"modified":"2019-07-21T16:19:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T15:19:38","slug":"buhari-condemns-killing-of-37-villagers-by-cattle-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/buhari-condemns-killing-of-37-villagers-by-cattle-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari condemns killing of 37 villagers by cattle\u00a0 thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-761647132986426665\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday \u201cstrongly\u201d condemned<br \/>\nrecent attacks by cattle raiders on three villages in the country\u2019s<br \/>\nnorthwest that officials said killed 37 people.<\/p>\n<p>He offered commiserations to the survivors and vowed a firm response to<br \/>\n\u201cthese brutal and remorseless enemies of humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese frequent and large scale killings of poor villagers by gangs of<br \/>\nmass murderers must be met with the fiercest force the government can<br \/>\nmobilise,\u201d presidential assistant Garba Shehu quoted Buhari as saying.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, armed men on motorcycles raided three villages in the<br \/>\ndistrict of Goronyo in the Nigerian state of Sokoto, district chief<br \/>\nZakari Chinaka told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bandits opened fire on the villages and set shops and grain stores<br \/>\nablaze. They took away all the cattle in the villages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey operated for two hours unchallenged (by any security forces)<br \/>\nbecause of the difficulty of the terrain which makes it hard to access,\u201d<br \/>\nsaid the chief.<\/p>\n<p>Alu Ibrahim, a resident of the village of Kamitau, where 23 people died,<br \/>\nsaid villagers had pursued the bandits in a bid to recover their stolen<br \/>\ncattle \u2014 key to survival in the poor, remote region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bandits turned their guns on them and killed many. This was the<br \/>\nreason for the high death toll from Kamitau,\u201d said Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal gangs of cattle rustlers have increasingly targeted rural<br \/>\ncommunities in Sokoto state.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, motorcycle-riding bandits killed 43 people in two days of<br \/>\nattacks on five villages in Rabah and Isa districts, according police<br \/>\nand locals.<\/p>\n<p>Rural communities in the north of Nigeria have for years been terrorised<br \/>\nby gangs who raid villages, stealing cattle, kidnapping for ransom and<br \/>\nburning homes after looting food supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Villagers have taken up arms to defend themselves, but these vigilantes<br \/>\nare now accused of extra-judicial killings of suspected bandits.<\/p>\n<p>The bandit gangs are one of a string of security challenges facing<br \/>\nNigeria, including attacks from a Islamic State-backed Boko Haram<br \/>\nfaction and renewed clashes between livestock herders and farmers.<\/p>\n<p>This has left the military overstretched and Buhari criticised for<br \/>\nfailing to protect lives and property, despite promises to boost<br \/>\nsecurity.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m5576242933762439770\" class=\"mail-message expanded\"><\/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>Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday \u201cstrongly\u201d condemned recent attacks by cattle raiders on three villages in the country\u2019s northwest that officials said killed 37 people. 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