Fulani Herdsmen kill over 20 persons in a clash at Jema LGA Kaduna State
Armed herdsmen between Saturday and Sunday allegdely killed not less than 20 persons after they lay a surprise siege on Godogodo, a semi-urban settlement, in Jema’a Local Government Area, LGA, of Kaduna State, Vanguard reports.
Eye-witnesses and escapees said the area was razed down with a tentative casualty figure of 20, apart from the injured.
The gory incident was said to have heightened tension between the majority Christian population of Kafanchan, about 12 km, north of Godogodo, and its minority settler population of Hausa/Fulani Muslims.
Dr. Humble Katuka who is the Interim Management Committee, IMC, Chairman, of Jema’a LGA, acting on mitigating measures, on Sunday imposed a 24-hour curfew as a result of the tragic incident.
Kafanchan is the Headquarters of Jema’a LGA, about 250 km South of Kaduna metropolis and also the commercial and socio-political hub of Southern Kaduna.
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