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No fewer than 27 Fulani pastoralists have been killed after a bomb blast suspected to be an airstrike hit a neighborhood in Doma Native Authorities Space of Nasarawa State.
The blast was allegedly focused at suspected bandits who’ve been terrorizing residents alongside the border areas linking Nasarawa and Benue states.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed this in a press release on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, stated the unhappy incident occurred within the Rukubi neighborhood of Doma LGA on Tuesday night time, January 24.
He, nonetheless, stated the state police command is working in collaboration with sister safety companies and the state authorities to unravel the circumstances that led to the bombing, and arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
“It’s unlucky that such a factor occurred. Twenty-seven of the herdsmen had been killed after a bomb exploded in Doma LGA. The police and different safety companies are working around the clock to know what led to the assault and observe down these concerned within the act,” he said.
Reacting to the unhappy incident, Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, vowed to make sure that these behind the killing of the herdsmen are apprehended and made to face the legislation.
The governor urged all Fulani folks throughout the state to stay calm, saying that the state authorities was working with the Benue State authorities to proffer a long-lasting answer to the incessant assaults on the folks alongside the Nasarawa/Benue borders.
He added that safety operatives had been deployed to curtail any additional breakdown of legislation and order within the space.
“On behalf of the state authorities, I wish to sympathise with the Fulani folks throughout the state over the killings of their folks by an unknown bomber. I wish to guarantee them of the state authorities’s dedication to unravel the perpetrators of such act in order to face the complete wrath of the legislation.” he added.
Talking on the incident, the Chairman of Doma LGA, Ahmed Sarki-Usman, condemned the assault in its entirety.
“It have to be the exercise of some dangerous parts within the space. The act is able to inflicting unrest within the LGA however I notably wish to thank the Fulani folks for being calm and permitting the federal government and safety companies to deal with the problem. I guarantee them that we are going to get to the basis of the matter,” he stated.
The State Chairman, Miyetti Allah Kautal Horai, Ardo Lawal Dano, who spoke to the Punch , expressed shock over the bombing that killed his kinsmen.
He appealed to the federal and state governments to come back to their help so as to arrest these concerned within the act, calm the state of affairs, and restore normalcy within the space.
“The Fulani persons are law-abiding residents. We don’t like bother, so let the federal government tackle the state of affairs as a result of we’re actually pained shedding our family members,” he added.
In the meantime, the stays of the victims had been buried on Wednesday based on Islamic rites.
