Tag: Fulani herdsmen

A High Court in Adamawa presided over by Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri has sentenced five Christians to death for killing a Fulani herdsman.

Clerics have bemoaned the continued maiming and killing of innocent Nigerians in the country by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The Anglican Bishop, Diocese on the Niger, Rt. Rev’d Owen Nwokolo, has alleged that the killings by suspected herdsmen in the country is targeted at Christians.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has dismissed insinuations that the killings in some parts of the country were targeted at only Christians.

The new ECWA leader regretted that the activities of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen have swelled the ranks of widows and orphans in many churches.

CC in the petition, asked Buhari to quickly find a solution to the killings amd also urged the federal government to stop increasing the tempo of the controversy between herdsmen and farmers.

Ezeokafor said this while reacting to the recent attacks melted out on priests and students of Sacred Heart Minor Seminary, Jalingo, Taraba State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Primate Okoh said this in his solidarity speech during the “Life is Sacred” protests by Roman Catholics in Abuja on Tuesday.

Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant, Media and Communications to the CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, conveyed CAN message in a statement in Abuja.

Roman Catholics in seven states yesterday staged peaceful protests against the continued killings of innocent souls by herdsmen.