No fewer than 38 people including women and children were allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen in Takalafia and Gwanja rural communities of Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The Deputy Governor, Emmanuel Akabe, who led government delegation to the burial, condemned the killings and destruction of property worth millions of naira in the affected communities.
He said that government would investigate circumstances leading to the attacks and bring the perpetrators to book.
Akabe assured that government will provide relief materials to the displaced victims as he encouraged the communities to give credible information to the relevant authorities.
A Pastor in-charge of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Daniel Danbeki and others, were gruesomely murdered by the assailants during the attack in the night which lasted till early hours of Saturday.
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Neighboring communities such as Gwanja, Angwan Bege, Angwan Madaki and Gidan Allah, occupied predominantly by Gwandara, Mada and Yeskwa tribes, were also attacked by the suspected killer herdsmen.
Report has it that the attack was as a result of disagreement between a farmer and herdsman who grazed on the farm of a local and ate his newly planted crops, groundnut and maize.
Victims brought in from Takalafiya and other communities are receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre Keffi.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
