Gunmen kill herder, abduct another in Abuja

Gunmen have shot dead a herdsman, Ado Mamman, and abducted another herder, Maude Ado, at their settlement in Pai community in Kwali Area Council of the FCT. A resident of Pai, simply identified as Shehu, said the incident happened around 11pm on Sunday, when men wielding sophisticated weapons attacked the Fulani settlement in the area. […]

Gunmen have shot dead a herdsman, Ado Mamman, and abducted another herder, Maude Ado, at their settlement in Pai community in Kwali Area Council of the FCT.

A resident of Pai, simply identified as Shehu, said the incident happened around 11pm on Sunday, when men wielding sophisticated weapons attacked the Fulani settlement in the area.

He said, “It was the gunshots that attracted the attention of the villagers. At about 4am, we discovered that the gunmen had killed one of the herders and whisked away one other.”

The Gwagwalada Area Council Secretary of the Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Mohammed Usman, confirmed the killing and the abduction.

He said he was alerted around 6am on Monday that armed men invaded the Fulani settlement, killing one person and abducting one other.

The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, DSP Adeh Josephine, was yet to reply to a text message sent to her about the incident.