The Police in Kaduna on Monday announced the arrest of three suspects that allegedly killed two Fulani herdsmen on Saturday in Southern Kaduna.

Another corpse said to be that of a Fulani herdsman has also been found in Southern Kaduna.

The Commissioner of Police, Agyole Abeh, while parading the suspects, told journalists in Kaduna that the two Fulani herdsmen were grazing their livestock when they were killed on March 11 at Unguwan Luka in Jema’a Local Government Area.

Abeh said the three suspects were arrested after a tip-off by Good Samaritans in the area.

“The suspects had made confessional statements and would soon be charged to court. Peace is gradually returning to southern Kaduna and we call on the general public to go about their normal businesses,” the CP said.

Mr. Abeh assured of the command’s readiness and commitment in providing secure environment to all citizens and solicited for more support from the public to enable Police personnel discharge their duties more effectively.

“I want to assure the people of the state of my resolve to flush out all forms of crime and criminality in the area,” he said.

The Kaduna State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) said in a statement on Sunday that the corpse was discovered in Madakiya, Bajju Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area.

The group earlier said that two herdsmen who were grazing their cows were murdered in Fantsuwam chiefdom of Jema’a Local Government Area.

The two victims were identified as Anas Shuaibu, 20, and Yahaya Musa.

MACBAN in a statement signed by Ibrahim Abdullahi on behalf of the national office and Haruna Usman for Kaduna chapter, however, commended the efforts of the youth leader of the community who, it said, supported the security agencies in fishing out the suspected killers.

It therefore, called on all the Fulani people in the area “to exercise restraint and remain law abiding as the relevant authorities are working round the clock to ensure that justice is done.”

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