A 17-year-old herder and 35 cows were killed by several unidentified gunmen in the Fan District’s Nafan hamlet and the Ropp District’s Doruwa Babuje in the Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of the Plateau.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the criminals killed the herder by opening fire while riding motorcycles.
During the incident, another herder suffered serious injuries.
The state’s Governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, denounced the incident and urged the appropriate security services to find the criminals.
The Governor made this known in a statement released on Thursday in Jos by Mr. Gyang Bere, his director of press and public affairs.
Mutfwang maintained that his administration would not condone any act of lawlessness and killing of innocent and law-abiding citizens.
”We condemn in totality these acts of lawlessness that are undermining the government’s effort in entrenching harmonious living among all and sundry in the state.
”My administration will no longer tolerate brutal killings of innocent citizens either in their farms or in any parts of the state while pursuing their legitimate means of livelihood.
”I have directed the security agencies to hunt and track down the perpetrators of these heinous crimes and ensure justice for the victims,” Mr Gyang quoted Mr Mutfwang.
Gyang further stated that the governor has urged traditional, communal, and religious leaders, as well as youth and women’s groups, to work with other stakeholders to restore normalcy in the impacted communities.
The governor, who sympathised with the afflicted families, urged inhabitants of the state to reveal all criminal elements in their areas so that they could face the full wrath of the law.
