Scores killed as soldiers attack Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade.
Scores
of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in
Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel between
soldiers and suspected Fulani cattle breeders.
Many were also said to have been wounded
during the incident which occurred barely 24 hours after the military
deployed troops in Benue and Nasarawa states to curtail the rising
attacks on communities by cattle rustlers.
It was learnt that the soldiers allegedly attacked the herdsmen at a funeral.
Although the military, said it had no details of the killings as of 5pm on Thursday, Channels Televison put the toll at 20.
The Defence spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, according to Channels, promised an investigation of the incident to ascertain if those who carried out the attack were indeed soldiers.
Other unconfirmed reports however said
the number of the dead who were mostly residents of the area was above
30. An unofficial source said that some bodies were taken to the
Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, in a police van while about
20 others were deposited at the mortuary of the General Hospital in
Keana.