Mob sets two Fulani herders ablaze over alleged links to banditry in Kaduna
Two herders have been set ablaze by a mob over alleged link to banditry in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna. A crowd was said to have forcefully seized the herders from security personnel before setting them ablaze. According to a statement issued on Sunday by Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for internal security and home affairs in the state, Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, condemned the killing of the herders. “The governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i, has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two herders by a mob in Birnin Gwari LGA,” the statement reads “Security agencies reported that the mob forcefully seized the two herders from security personnel, on unsubstantiated claims that they were linked with banditry. “The mob then lynched and burnt the herders, even though they had not been found complicit of the allegations. “Governor El-Rufai expressed deep concern at the violent actions of the mob, and strongly condemned the extra-judicial killings. He re-iterated the...