Five Allegedly Killed in Adamawa By Herdsmen

Herdsmen tending cattle

Five Killed In Herdsmen Attack In Adamawa

Report has it that the attack by herdsmen armed with locally made guns, on Wednesday, at Kola community in Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has left five persons dead.

The incident, which happened around Mararab Kola in Guyuk, was confirmed by the Adamawa State Police Command on Wednesday.

Superintendent Othman Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa Police Command, said the first information report from the Divisional Police Headquarters stationed in Guyuk, revealed that some herdsmen with locally-made guns attacked and burnt seven houses in Kola.

“Herdsmen armed with locally-made guns attacked Kola, burnt down seven houses killed a woman and four other men. Two other victims, a woman and a man sustained gun wounds. Others injured in the attacks have been taken to hospital for treatment while the dead had been taken to mortuary for autopsy, ” the report stated.

According to the police first information report, the swift action of the police restored normalcy to the environs. Report has it that five of the attackers had been apprehended by local vigilantes.

A resident, Lemuel Bappa, said the gunmen launched the attacks on Kola around 2am and shot three persons including a woman and burnt several houses.

But a police report said five persons died in the attacks carried out on Kola in the early hours of Wednesday.