Over 200 people have been killed in clashes involving farmers and herdsmen nationwide this year, the Secretary to Government of the Federation ( SGF ) , Boss Mustapha , has disclosed .
Speaking yesterday in Katsina , he said 30 incidents were recorded early this year. Represented by permanent secretary in his office , Suleiman Haliru , the SGF at an event for federal and state security administrators ( FSSAM ) , noted : “Within the last few months , we have recorded a total of over 30 incidents of farmers- herdsmen clashes which have claimed lives of more than 257 persons within this year alone .
“States most affected are Zamfara , Adamawa, Benue, Nasarawa , Plateau, Niger , Kaduna to mention but a few , including others in the southern part of the country.
”Mustapha lamented that the “problem of kidnappings and abductions , which used to be limited to a geographical area of the country , had now become a national malaise .
”He said with the general elections around the corner , there was need for security personnel to come up with lasting solutions to the security challenges bedevilling the nation .
The SGF , however, called on politicians and traditional rulers to be fully involved in addressing the country’ s insecurity .
However, four people were yesterday killed at Nche Tahuta village in Miango kingdom of Jebbu , Bassa local council of Plateau State .
Both the spokesmen of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH ), Major Adam Umar and the Police Public Relations Officer | ( PPRO ) , ASP Mathias Terna Tyopev, confirmed the incident .
The National President of Irigwe Development Association ( IDA) , Sunday Abdul, also announced the sad news to journalists .
The villagers had gone to the stream in search of sand when the suspected herdsmen attacked them.
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