Muslim herdsmen have killed a federal senator and a state lawmaker in troubled Plateau state on Sunday after attended a mass burial for the victims of an earlier attack.
The Senator representing Plateau North Dr Gyang Dantong and Majority Leader of Plateau House of Assembly Hon. Gyang Fulani were killed on Sunday while attending the mass burial of villagers killed on Saturday by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The Pam Ayuba, spokesman for the Plateau state’s governor confirming the incident said the senator representing Plateau north, Gyang Dantong, and the majority leader of the state assembly, Gyang Fulani and others were gunned down today Sunday by Fulani herdsmen,”
He added that the two were killed shortly after attending the mass burial for the victims of a Saturday raid, also blamed on the Fulani, a tribe made up of Muslim herdsmen.
After the burial, the officials went to a reception at the home of another local leader in the state’s Gashis district, roughly 90 kilometres (56 miles) from the capital Jos, Ayuba said.
“The Fulani herdsmen raided the house…they shot (the politicians) and some others but the key people who lost their lives are the senator and the majority leader,” he explained, saying he did not know the total number of casualties.
Another federal lawmaker “escaped death by a whisker,” he added.
Asked about the motivation for the attacks, Ayuba said the Fulani were likely inspired by their resentment for the state’s Christian political leadership.
The two victims of the Sunday attack were members of the mostly Christian Birom ethnic group, as were the 23 people killed in the Saturday raid. More details soon
Source: VANGUARD News
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Posted: at 8-07-2012 07:52 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
woooow,,,what a good news,,boko idiots thumb ups for u,,we wld not hv been complaing all this while if u had been hitn on targates lik this one naah,,more of that please,,,ur works hs just started,,go to that house of(political) thieves en the senatores kill as many as u can i swear we will all be singing ur praises,,not the innocent ctzn,,,in ur nxt actions target asso rock please kill those criminals there, they are of no use to the masses,, christain or muslim as long as they re politicians plz kill them for us and u will be blessed as u do so,, once again congrtz for a job well done
Posted: at 8-07-2012 08:20 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
too bad because this pple are christian leaders who is against boko haram. evil muslim and boko haram are fighting in plateau state since 2000 because the governor of the state has always being a christians so muslim are not happy about that. i'm sure those pple they killed is boko haram anemies.
Posted: at 8-07-2012 10:18 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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