The Jigawa Police Command has confirmed attacks on four towns and villages by herdsmen in, Birninkudu, Dutse and Kiyawa local government areas.

The attacks left no fewer than eight people hospitalised.

Jigawa Police spokesman DSP Lawal Shiisu Adams, in a statement explained: “Information revealed that herdsmen in large numbers armed with bows and arrows, matchets and sticks invaded Baranda village and attacked the villagers”.

This came barely one week after a grand ceremony at Kabak village in Kirikasamma local government area by the Jigawa State Government to celebrate peaceful return and confidence between herdsmen and farmers in the State.

The statement added: “The villagers rose up in defence of themselves, resulting in the injuries of eight of them. They were rushed to the Dutse General Hospital for medical attention.

“In his efforts for community engagement, conflict resolution and peace building in Dutse emirate and the state as a whole, the Jigawa state Police Commissioner, Ahmed T. Abdullahi alongside Squadron Commander 35PMF Dutse, Area Commander Dutse, and Divisional Police Officers of Dutse and Kiyawa Divisions visited four (4) affected villages of Kalai, Waza, Baranda and Katanga in Dutse, Kiyawa and Birnin Kudu local government areas over the recent hostilities between farmers and herders, where scores of people were injured and farmlands destroyed.

“The Commissioner of Police interacts with the major stakeholders of both herders and farmers on the need for collaboration, synergy, tolerance, and understanding of each other and also on the need to avoid taking laws into their own hands and to report any wrongdoing of mischief, encroachment of cattle route and others offences to the nearest Police Station or other security agencies for immediate action”. (The Nation)

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