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Olabode Adaramola, Minna<\/p>\n

At least no fewer\u00a0than nine bodies have been recovered from the weekend attack by Fulani herds\u2019 men\u00a0in Rafin Gona and BCC Gbagyi villages in Bosso local government\u00a0of Niger state while about 6000 villagers have\u00a0also been displaced in the wake of the communal\u00a0crisis.<\/p>\n

The Council Chairman, Alhaji Isah Wakili stated this on Sunday while conducting national assembly members representing the areas\u00a0 at the National Assembly, Abuja,\u00a0 Senator David Umaru and his counterpart from the House of\u00a0 Representatives, Hon.\u00a0 Salihu Shandafi, round the affected villages on sympathy visit.<\/p>\n

Wakili said that one Inspector of police and an Assistant Superintendent Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps\u00a0 were also killed during the attack,\u00a0 saying that more bodies were still being recovered from nearby bush.<\/p>\n

He explained that almost all the houses in the villages including yams\u00a0 and corn barns were completely burnt down during the attack while the total cost of damaged properties were estimated at over N700million.<\/p>\n

He said that over 3000 villagers were displaced from Rafin Gona while over 2,000 others were from BCC village, highlighting\u00a0 that about 1,000 displaced fulanis were at IDP camp located inside a private farm belonging to former Military\u00a0 Head of State, General Abdulsalami A. Abubakar(rtd.)<\/p>

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Speaking with journalists on Sunday in one of the villages, Senator David Umaru representing Niger East Senatorial District at the National Assembly Abuja described the attack as barbaric, inhuman and a dastardly act.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cwhat I have seen is heart breaking, it is an act of wickedness and complete disregard to human live. This is a very serious problem, a lot of people have been displaced. Most of them have fled from their houses and even if they were here, they would not have anywhere to stay because their houses have been burnt down including clothes\u00a0and food barns. This kind of situation is not acceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n

He stressed the need for government to take decisive action to stop re occurrence of such attacks,\u00a0adding that government should also act fast in providing relief materials to the victims to prevent humanitarian crisis in the affected villages.<\/p>\n

He sympathized with the villagers and urged them to continue to maintain peace while\u00a0assuring that he was going to take up the matter at the Senate towards finding lasting solution to the problem of herds\u2019 men\/ farmers clash in the senatorial zone.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cthe Senate has set up a committee on this Fulani herdsmen and communal clashes I will liaise\u00a0with the committee to also look into this problem in this constituency\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Olabode Adaramola, Minna At least no fewer\u00a0than nine bodies have been recovered from the weekend attack by Fulani herds\u2019 men\u00a0in Rafin Gona and BCC Gbagyi villages in Bosso local government\u00a0of Niger state while about 6000 villagers have\u00a0also been displaced in the wake of the communal\u00a0crisis. 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