JUst as it was reported that armed Fulani Militias were spotted on the Rocks of Ropp, waiting to strike some named villages of Fan District in Barkin Ladi LGA, four villages, namely, Kak, Rapyam and Nding Sesut of Fan District and Lohalla village of Ropp District in the Local Government Area were simultaneously invaded at about 5:30pm of yesterday, 17th June,2023.As usual, ” we lost 6 people and one missing…..
In our utter dismay, there was no proactive measures taken to avert the obviously pending aggression until four of our villages were attacked and houses touched by fire before security agents came in,” said an eyewitness who expresses his rude shock when he saw their (natives’) Cows rustled during the attack on Kak village. He added, “over One Hundred of our Cows were rustled. We tried to intercept, but were resisted by security agents who, instead of stopping the rustlers, the contrary was displayed with gunfire that aided the escape of the Fulani with the said Cows” while the aggression persists.
At the time of filing this report, there’s another security intelligence, reading, “ANOTHER SECURITY ALERT, 17/6/2023 BY 4:40PMPresently, hundreds of killer Fulani from Mahanga, Guava, Fass, Exland, Marit, Mangu, Bokkos & others, to attack Rawuru, Nding & Were villages any moment from now. As at 5:11pm, attackers are increasing in number around Jong and Were axis.
Security, Local vigilante and target villages be alerted” which should put the available security agents not only on red alert, but also deployment to the named areas so as to avert the recurrence of the terror usually unleashed in spite of such early warning signals given before hand.
By
Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri, Esq.,
Emancipation Centre for Crisis Victims in Nigeria-ECCV
