It was a black week for the Fulani in Gembu, Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State.
An estimated 200 Fulani – men, women and children – have been reportedly killed, and many others injured, as the Mambilla community turned against their Fulani neighbors, whose militants, incidentally, had been terrorizing and killing innocent rural farmers in recent times.
Governor Darius Ishaku said “a lie’ caused the violence.
About 20,000 cows, according to Senator Yusuf Yusuf (Taraba central), were killed and over 5,000 homes burnt while property, estimated to cost millions of naira, were looted or destroyed.All these happened after four days of hostilities.
Those who managed to escape, some with injuries, have been kept in a secluded place as IDPs to shield them from further attacks.
Sources said there are no adequate medical facilities to treat them.
The Nation gathered that many people were killed in Nguroje (where the crisis started), Sabbal Gudali, Toffi, Mayo Daga, Mayo Sina, Tamiya, Kwara-Kwara, Tungan Lugere and Timjire. 10 people were killed in a Mosque in Wuro Ardo Musa, during prayer.
A headmaster, his wife and seven children were reportedly wiped out.
Languishing in agony, the victims describe the violence as “a well-organised ethnic cleansing against the Fulani in Sardauna, supported by some top government officials.”read more
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