Ethnic cleansing of Fulani Pastoralists, Sardauna Local Goverment,Taraba State, Nigeria.
In June 2017, Fulani pastoralists were subjected to the most intense, horrific, babaric and savage ethnic cleansing over three days leading to killing of more than 700 Fulani pastoralists and about 300 missing. The ethnic cleansing lingered on for the rest of the week. Even after a week, the Guardian Newspaper quoted a parliamentarian confirming that further killings happened in the village of Hainaare. It was organised and perpetrated by the Mambila tribal militia, who were incited by powerful elements in Sardauna local government and Taraba state government as the survivors narrated with audio evidences. The barbarity of the Mambila tribal militia could not spare children and pregnant women. The victims and their houses and property were then looted and burnt. In order to obliterate livelihoods of the survivors, they Mambila tribal militia matcheted cattle and pushed some from cliffs. The Mambila tribal militia also posted sentries at the border with Cameroun republic to prevent...