NASARAWA: ROYAL FATHER CRIES OUT FOR HELP, OVER KILLINGS IN HIS DOMAIN BY KILLER HERDSMEN

By: Willy Punvwet,

A Traditional Ruler in Nasarawa State, the Oriye Barmo in Wanba Local Government Area, Mr. Yakubu Sarki has cried out to the state government to rescue his people from the hands of notorious killer herdsmen, who have prevented his People from going to their farms, as they attacked and kill them at will, while on their farms.

Mr. Yakubu, who made his feelings known, Wednesday, while receiving the State Commissioner of Information, Dogo Shamah, who had gone to console him over the brutal murder of one his kinsman, one Samuel Monday, allegedly killed by suspected Fulani killer herdsmen.

The Royal Father explained that, the 30 years old Samuel was attacked by a Fulani herdsman, whom he said brutalized him to death and took away his motorcycle.

The Oriye Barmo, in his narration, disclosed that, youths later mobilized and arrested the suspect and handed him to the police.

“My people can no longer move freely in the land of their birth as they risk being killed by the herdsmen”. He lamented.

The traditional ruler, who said he had once fallen victim of the herdsmen brutality, called for urgent step to be taken by the State Government to save his people from being chased out of their fathers’ land by these herders.

Responding, Shammah, condemned the act of brutality, while urging the youths and members of the community not to take laws into their hands. Adding that, “they should always report people with questionable characters to constituted authority and allow the law to take its course”.