Miyetti Allah, Berom Differ On Alleged Killing Of Teenage Herder, 36 Cattle

A 13-year-old herder, Abubakar Wada, and 36 cattle person been reportedly killed portion 49 are missing aft gunmen opened occurrence connected grazing animals successful Inzon assemblage of Fan territory successful Barkin Ladi section authorities country of Plateau State.

The authorities president of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ibrahim Yusuf Babayo, told newsmen successful Jos that the incidental occurred connected Tuesday evening erstwhile 3 herders were returning from grazing.

Babayo said the gunmen stormed the country and opened occurrence connected the animals, resulting successful the decease of 1 herder, portion the different 2 escaped from the scene.
He said, “The incidental happened successful the evening. We person truthful acold counted losses of implicit 80 cattle due to the fact that 36 were killed, portion 49 are inactive missing.”
He said that the onslaught was carried retired by Berom radical from Fan district. “Two herders escaped the attack. This is barbaric and unfortunate. The herders and the cattle were passing without provocation.

We telephone connected herders wherever they are successful the authorities to stay calm and let information forces to analyse those liable for the attack. Nobody should instrumentality the instrumentality into their hands,” helium said.
In the aforesaid vein, the MACBAN caput successful Barkin Ladi LGA, who informed information agencies successful astir the attack, said “the Chief of Staff, Operation Enduring Peace, the DPO successful Barkin, and the assemblage commandant successful the country and the country of the incident.”

But successful a swift reaction, the nationalist president of Berom Youths Moulders Association (BYM), Barr Solomon Dalyop, denied the allegations, explaining that they were a peaceful people.
Dalyop said, “As acold arsenic we are concerned, the allegation labelled against our peace-loving inhabitants of Nding and Fan District successful wide has ever been a ploy to warrant immoderate planned aggression connected our people.

“We are alert of 2 simultaneous attacks carried retired by suspected Fulani equipped groups astatine astir 7:30pm connected the 6th October, 2025, resulting successful the sidesplitting of 1 Mr. Timothy Ishaku Chollom.

“Second, forceful grazing into farmlands, residential areas and different restricted places by Fulani herdsmen has continued to endanger not lone quality life, but besides nutrient information and cattle rustling successful and astir Fan District. Thus, allegations of sidesplitting of cows without substantiating specified claims should beryllium discarded and disregarded,” helium said.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, the acting lawman manager of nationalist Relations for the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, has said they are investigating the matter.

According to him, helium had contacted the assemblage commandant successful the country for verification.