Date: 2017-03-22

The leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has condemned what they described as horrendous acts of savagery perpetrated against its members at Yakira village of Gonara district in Baruteen local government area of Kwara state.

A statement issued by MACBAN and signed? by its national secretary Baba Othman Ngelzarma?, said eight of its members and scores of their cattle were killed in the Yakira village attack.

The Kwara state Police command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasannmi said four people died among the herders, adding that police were already investigating the matter to know the true cause of the problem.

?MACBAN in their statement said their members were attacked unjustly.

"This dastardly acts of terror against our members took place on the 13th March 2017. Unimpeachable sources revealed that a decomposing body of a yam farmer was discovered on a farm by members of the local community and without any solid evidence about the perpetrator(s) of the act accused herdsmen for being responsible. As has been the pattern, mayhem was unleashed on herdsmen and their cattle. This resulted to the brutal killings of eight of our members, two reportedly missing, while seven others are hospitalized, some in critical conditions," the statement said.