Gyang Fulani, and Senator Gyang Dantong
The Senator representing Plateau North Dr Gyang Dantong and Majority
Leader of Plateau House of Assembly Hon. Gyang Fulani were killed on
Sunday while attending the mass burial of villagers killed on Saturday
by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The Pam Ayuba, spokesman for the Plateau state’s governor confirming
the incident said the senator representing Plateau north, Gyang
Dantong, and the majority leader of the state assembly, Gyang Fulani and
others were gunned down today Sunday by Fulani herdsmen,”
He added that the two were killed shortly after attending the mass
burial for the victims of a Saturday raid, also blamed on the Fulani, a
tribe made up of Muslim herdsmen.
After the burial, the officials went to a reception at the home of
another local leader in the state’s Gashis district, roughly 90
kilometres (56 miles) from the capital Jos, Ayuba said.
“The Fulani herdsmen raided the house…they shot (the politicians) and
some others but the key people who lost their lives are the senator and
the majority leader,” he explained, saying he did not know the total
number of casualties.
Another federal lawmaker “escaped death by a whisker,” he added.
Asked about the motivation for the attacks, Ayuba said the Fulani
were likely inspired by their resentment for the state’s Christian
political leadership.
The two victims of the Sunday attack were members of the mostly
Christian Birom ethnic group, as were the 23 people killed in the
Saturday raid.
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