2:43:00 am
The Njiya-Goron Community of
Adamawa State is threatening to
embark on self-defence to check continuing attacks on its people by
suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The community said it had been left with no
option than to fight back since authorities had failed to contain the herdsmen’s
incessant attacks which they said had claimed several lives and destroyed properties.
Addressing journalists on Monday in Yola, the Chairman of the community, which
comprised 13 villages, Manassah Nayangom, said the community had so far lost
65 people and property worth over N2 billion.
“The hunting and killing of our people at will by these blood suckers must stop;
otherwise we have no choice than to take drastic measures to defend ourselves,
for it appears the government does not care whether we are dead or alive.
“There were wanton destruction and looting of our properties worth billions
of naira by vandals.
“This left us with no alternative than to run to the National Human Right Commission
(NHRC) in order to enforce our fundamental human rights, as we hold strongly
that the right to life is a universal gift of God that no race or tribe, no matter how strong,
can lay higher claim to it as being insinuated by Fulani herdsmen,” Mr. Nayangom said.
He called on the Adamawa State government to constitute
a Judicial Commission of Enquiry in order to fish out and punish
anyone involved in the killings. “We wish to emphasize that the
Federal Government must urgently summon the political will to
forge a lasting solution to the menace of the
Fulani herdsmen in Adamawa State.”