Kadarko (Nasarawa) – The bloody clash between Fulani herdsmen and Eggon farmers in Kadarko Community in Nasarawa State, has left three people dead.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Police Command in Nasarawa State, DSP. Micheal Ada, confirmed the clash in an interview on Friday in Lafia.
He said that the three persons were killed on Oct.18, following the clash at Anguwar-Alaku Village, a suburb of Kadarko in the Giza Development Area of the state.
The PPRO said that many other persons, who sustained various degrees of injuries, had been taken to Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia for treatment.
He, however, said that the command was yet to get detailed information on the incident, adding:"the ACP in charge of operations is still on the spot of the crisis".
Meanwhile, one of the survivors of the attack, Mr Simon Godiya, who spoke with NAN, lamented that Kadarko Community had not known peace since January this year.
He called on the State Government to wade into the crisis to stop the "wave of heinous crime going on in the area".
The Administrator of Giza Development Area, Alhaji Adamu Adi-Giza, who also condemned the attack, appealed for calm, assuring that the State Government would ensure quick return of peace to the area.
Adi- Giza said that as soon as he got signal of an impending crisis in the area, he alerted the authorities, adding that Gov. Umaru Tanko Al-makura dispatched a team of soldiers and mobile men to comb the area.
He expressed surprise that in spite of the security arrangement, the crisis erupted.(NAN)
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