A mob has attacked and burnt about 14 Fulani herdsmen to death in Kaduna.
THEWILL recalls that there has been a long-running battle between the nomadic Fulani herdsmen and farmers for land in the state.
A commercial bus driver, who was an eyewitness to the killings, revealed that buses were stopped for a search operation by the mob.
“I was returning from Plateau state with eight passengers, all of them Fulani herders,” he said.
“My bus broke down in Kaduna state, so I left it to go search for a mechanic.
“While I was away a mob surrounded the vehicle and forcibly brought out the eight passengers. They hacked them to death, dumped them in the vehicle and set it ablaze.
“Another vehicle was also attacked when it stopped to refuel and all the six people were burnt to death along with the car.
“A riot broke out in the streets, with soldiers and police finally intervening to contain the carnage.
“When the situation calmed I returned to my vehicle and found its burnt carcass with charred remains of the passengers,” Aliyu said.
Jema’a local government Chairman, Bege Katuka said the area had been thrown into chaos with “indiscriminate” shooting the night before.
“On Saturday suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded Godogodo and opened indiscriminate fire on residents,” Katuka said.
“The following day youth in the area mobilised and blocked the highway, vandalising vehicles and attacking motorists.
Kaduna state police spokesman Aliyu Usman acknowledged the Godogodo attack and the riot, but said only two people had died in the unrest.
