The attackers were reported to have struck as prayers were ongoing in the mosque, killing everyone, including the imam of the mosque, while some women and children were said to have sustained various degrees of injury.
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Saturday killed nine persons, including the kindred head of Ako Community in Mbalagh District, Tombo Buruku Local Government in Benue State.
The Yoruba Initiative, TYI, a socio-cultural and non-political group in the South West has called on State Governors in the region to urgently come up with measures that will bring an end to the incessant destruction of farmlands by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Suspected armed herdsmen attacked a community called Godogodo, a semi-urban settlement, in Jema’a Local Government Area, LGA, of Kaduna State between Saturday and Sunday, reportedly killing about 20.
