‘Sudden airstrike’ — father of 9 children killed in Nasarawa recounts incident | TheCable
Maryam AbdullahiAlfa Bello, a 60-year-old Fulani herder, says he lost nine of his children in the recent attack that occurred in Kwateri community between Benue and Nasarawa states.families of victims of the explosion lamented the damage of the explosion on their lives.
He said his nine children went to the location to retrieve the cows after he paid the sum of N6 million to secure their release.“Benue state livestock guards arrested my cows and took them to Lanta area of the state. I went there and retrieved my cows, and while offloading them at Kwatan Angulu in Rukubi in Doma LGA, all of a sudden, an airstrike came from nowhere and killed my nine children, including my cows,” he said.“The death of my children has demoralised me. All my strength has finished.
He called on the state and federal governments to intervene in the situation and assist him in paying the medical bills of those who sustained injuries. “The Fulani people have been pushed to the wall by incessant attacks, particularly in Benue state, as a result of anti-open grazing law, and I want to say it here today that an injury to one Fulani is an injury to the entire Fulani community in Africa,” he said.
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