Herdsmen Strike Adamawa, 15 Killed

Two days after suicide bombers kill 27 people in a mosque and market in Adamawa State, herdsmen have struck in the state, killing 15 villagers.

The latest killing took place in the southern part of the state where the victims were killed in four villagers in the wee hour of Wednesday.

Sources said that the armed herdsmen numbering over 400, attacked and burnt down four villages of Bolki, Bang, Zumoso and Gon in Numan and Lamurde Local Government Areas.

The sources said that the militia herdsmen arrived in the communities on Wednesday night on motor cycles and Hilux trucks.

One of the villagers said that the herdsmen could not be stopped as they drove menacingly by the military personnel who were in only two Hilux trucks.

According to him, the security agents retreated when they sighted the herdsmen who came in several trucks

Other residents said that the herdsmen pursued some of the villagers who were fleeing through the river and killed them.

They said that over 15 bodies of the victims had been recovered.

When contacted on the incident, the police authorities said that the command was yet to receive any report of the attack.