Nigeria: Fulani Herdsmen Attacks: Catholic Bishop Says Security Agencies Not Doing Enough
- SitiTalkBlog
- Jul 4, 2016
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Original Information source: Nigeria Vanguard Report, July 3, 2016: "Herdsmen Attacks: Catholic Bishop Blasts Security Agencies"
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The Vanguard, Nigeria reported on July 3, 2016 that “The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Calistus Onaga, on Saturday at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, slammed security agencies in the state, for not doing enough to curb the incessant menace of herdsmen which has created an ominous cloud of fear and foreboding hanging thick over the people in their own home state.”
The Vanguard also reported that “…The Catholic Bishop, Callistus Onaga, furious with obvious security lapses surrounding the Nimbo massacre, said that the Church had been praying about the mounting challenges posed by the activities of the herdsmen, especially in rural communities in the state, stressing that the church was interested in peace. He stated that the most recent and widely reported incident at Nimbo, Uzo Uwani council in which several farmers and citizens were butchered to death in their homes was a culmination of a growing culture of impunity, arrogance and dare-devilry among the herdsmen, saying that some of them had become “increasingly lawless. “The result is that an ominous cloud of fear, foreboding and insecurity now hangs thick over our people in their own home state. So far, the response of the various security agencies to these attacks and needless provocations have not been enough to give the people a sense of being protected by them”, he said He called on the federal government to drop, without further delay, the grazing bill, stressing that it was capable of tearing apart the fragile unity of the country.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/herdsmen-attack-enugu-catholic-bishop-blasts-security-agencies/
Fulani herdsmen are known to be a violent group of herdsmen known for savage killings in Nigeria. The Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC) describe Nigeria's herdsmen as an active terrorist group in Nigeria.
