There was tension in Dobi community in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, which led to the destruction of houses and
He said the owner of the farm who is a native of the area arrested the teenage Fulani boy and handed him to a vigilante in the area, which he said the deceased vigilante moved to the scene to see for himself the damage caused by the cows.“It was upon arriving at the farm and not knowing some of the herders wielding machetes were hiding under a hill. And before the vigilante realized what was happening, some of the herders attacked him with cutlasses,” he said.
When contacted, the Gwagwalada area council branch chairman of the Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria Malam Umar Shehu, confirmed the farmers/herders clash, saying he is in a meeting with the chairman of the council, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri, but will call later.However, the chairman of Gwagwalada area council, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri has given a matching order to security agents to fish out those behind farmers/herders clashes at Dobi village of the council.
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