The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has revealed that 15 people were killed and 78 houses owned by herdsmen were burnt when their communities in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State were attacked.
The state chairman of the group, Nuru Abdullahi, who disclosed this on Sunday, in Jos, the state capital, said over 2,000 of their cattle could still not be found after the attack.
The MACBAN has accused Operation Rainbow, a state security outfit, of invading and burning their communities, an allegation that was denied by the team.
He said “There is an intelligence report that there are trained militias recruited and brought to fight and chase all Fulani out of Plateau State in the name of crisis. Therefore, at this point, we are still calling on the federal government to as a matter of urgency put a stop to what is happening in Mangu LGA.
“They should take immediate action before things go out of hand. We are soliciting the FG to take necessary action so that things will not go out of hand. We will not continue watching people killing us and destroying our properties,” Abdullahi added.
The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Alabo Alfred, and that of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba Barrack, Lieutenant Colonel Ishaku Sabastine Takwa, had yet to respond to calls and messages from our correspondent on the incident as of the time of filing this report.
