The sporadic herdsmen attack in several states in the country took another turn this week, when residents of Takum and Ussa Local Government Areas of Taraba State claimed the “barely-educated” herdsmen are now attacking them with machine guns in broad daylight.
In an interview with newsmen on Thursday, the Chairman of Takum Local Government Council, Mr. Shiban Tikari, confirmed the deadly attacks, claiming that the league of herdsmen plaguing their community were very different from the machete wielding herders that are well known in other areas of the country.
He said: “We expect the soldiers to go into the bush and help us flush out killer herdsmen and kidnappers instead of beating up people in the town. The herdsmen that are coming into our community now with machine guns are not the traditional herdsmen we know and lived with over the years, I suspect they may the released Boko haram members“.
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