It will be recalled that on December 23, a mass burial was conducted for 40 people murdered by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Mallagum and Sogwon communities in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. To date, neither the Kaduna State Government nor the Federal Government has reacted to the unprovoked attacks, which also resulted in the destruction of homes and food crops, the report said.
Several analysts agree that the struggle for water and fertile grazing fields by nomadic herdsmen – many of whom are not Nigerian citizens, but find their way into the country via long-forgotten cattle grazing routes – is at the heart of the killings.
