Residents of Takum and Ussa Local Government areas of Taraba state have raised alarm that marauding herdsmen carrying out attacks on them are now using machine guns to their people, despite ongoing military operation. Chairman of Ussa Local Government Council, Mr. Rimamsikwe Karma, who stated this on Friday while speaking to newsmen said the marauding herders are not the regular herdsmen they had known, revealing that this ones are strange.
“The herdsmen that followed the army to our council are not friendly with our people, they are strange faces to us and they are killing people.”
Speaking also, the Chairman of Takum Local Government Area, Mr. Shiban Tikari, said, “It is sad to note that the soldiers of excise cat race are harassing our people in the towns while herdsmen are attacking and killing others in the rural communities
“We expect the soldiers to go into the bush and help us flush out killer herdsmen and kidnappers instead of beating up people in the town. The herdsmen that are coming into our community now with machine guns are not the traditional herdsmen we know and lived with over the years, I suspect they may the released Boko haram members”.