Punch reports:
Some chilling details
have emerged on the April 25 massacre of residents of Nimbo community in Enugu
State by Fulani herdmen following the arrest of a 24-year-old suspect,
Mohammadu Zurai, by the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response
Team.
Zurai, who
was arrested alongside four other suspects – Ciroma Musa (3), Sale Adamu (33),
Suleiman Laute (43) and Haruna Laute (24) – told the police that at least 100
Fulani herdsmen from seven states took part in the massacre.
According to
the suspect, Fulani leaders rearing cows in Taraba, Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa,
Katsina, Niger and Kaduna States contributed representatives to take part
in the attack.
Zurai, a
Fulani herdsman living in Kogi State, said he was born in Enugu State
even though his family are from Garba Shehu town in Taraba State.
His
statement revealed that prior to the attack, kolanuts were shared among Fulani
leaders in the seven states earlier identified, urging them to support the
attack.
According to
Zurai, the attack came because of the killing of six Fulani herdsmen in the
community in the past without repercussion.
Saturday PUNCH learnt that the leader
later sent representatives who took part in the attack.
Two days
before the attack (April 23), a meeting where the plans were perfected was held
in Ameke town, Kogi State.
The police
had revealed that a video recording of the killing was recovered from Zurai.
Zurai said,
“After we attacked the town through the bush, I saw a man who had just been
slaughtered on the ground. I brought out my phone and recorded the scene.
“I asked the
dead man, ‘Your people had confidence to kill Fulani people but now you are
dead. Don’t you know that Fulani owns Nigeria?’ I recorded the video to show my
relatives in Kogi where I live how successful the operation was. As we moved
around Nimbo, I saw an Igbo man who used to give me food anytime I was in the
state. I warned him to quickly leave town to avoid being killed.”
Zurai said he
was invited to take part in the killing by one Buba. He identified leaders who
participated in the killing as Alhaji Suddi, Alhaji Kuriya, Alhaji Dula
and Ardo Dula (living in Enugu State).
Others he
identified are Mallam Adamu , Alhaji Chiroma, Adamu Sarka, Alhaji Botdo,
Alhaji Iro Kogi and Alhaji Fanya (from Kogi State).
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