Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule, has ordered a probe of a Tuesday night explosion at the border linking Nasarawa and Benue States in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa state.
Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed that 27 herders were killed in the explosion
Nansel said the incident occurred in Rukubi community of Doma LGA on Tuesday.
He, however, said the police command was working in collaboration with sister security agencies and the state government to investigate the explosion.
He said, “It is unfortunate that such a thing happened. Twenty-seven of the herdsmen were killed after a bomb exploded in Doma LGA. The police and other security agencies are working round the clock to understand what led to the attack and track down those involved in the act.”
Governor Sule commenting on the sad incident vowed to ensure that those behind the killing are apprehended and made to face the law.
The governor also urged all Fulani people across the state to remain calm, saying that the state government was liaising with the Benue State Government to proffer a lasting solution to the incessant attacks on the people along the Nasarawa/Benue borders.
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Sule said, “On behalf of the state government, I want to sympathise with the Fulani people across the state over the killings of their people by an unknown bomber. I want to assure them of the state government’s commitment to unravelling the perpetrators of the act to face the full wrath of the law.”
