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Speaker 1: Disturbing photographs and reports from the Nu State on Thursday

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evening indicated that suspected herdsmen have taken control of Cheeto

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community in Ukham local government area of the state, with

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some photographs made available online showed the suspected armed herdsman

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patrolling the Cheeto main market and the divisional police headquarters

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and the residents in the area appeared to have scamped

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for safety. It was gathered that the armed herdsman started

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moving in droves on Wednesday evening into the local government

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area that have witnessed series of attacks and killings previously.

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Prince Taio du Levinis on his Facebook post on Wednesday

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evening wrote and stated that hundreds of well armed herdsmen

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are still arriving at Cheeto in Ukham brandishing their weapons.

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Government will not do anything till the attack will be

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launched successfully and the governor will detail his deputy to

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visit the area. Wanterreglikata on his ex social media profile

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on Thursday evening treated with photographs of the armed herdsman

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patrolling the Cheeto community and said thus this is Cheeto,

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a small town in Lukham Local government area of Berannu

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State today. Since yesterday. The band has stormed the village

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in their numbers, doing anything they like. If you try

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to stop them, they will shoot and kill you. Then

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more will come at night to finish the job. Banu

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is under siege. Our lives are in danger. This evening,

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armed Fulani herdsmen about six hundred in numbers have taken

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over our communities this evening, a resident stated, as reported

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by Sahara reporters, they’re currently moving around towns in Ukham

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local government area of Bannu State. No security personnel at all.

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Governor Alia didn’t send security. They said the operation we

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will start soon once they herders have observed the place.

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Armed men suspected to be herdsmen had attacked three communities

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in a Tuppo local government area on Wednesday, barely a

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day after eleven people were killed in a deadly rage

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on Atobi community. The latest victims of the escalating violence

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were a Miichy Oddidadje and Ogpamaju communities that had previously

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suffered an attack in February which left five people dead. However,

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the renewed attack has created fear and mass displacement among residents,

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with women and children fleeing to safety. Bernu State Governor Hyacinthalia,

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in a statement a few days ago, stated that I

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am deeply committed to ensuring the safety and well being

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of our people. Our state has faced increased security challenges

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in recent times, with targeted attacks on specific local government

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areas including Quanda, Bukam, Katsina, Ela, Logo, g W West

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atukpo A, Gatu, et cetera. The people in these areas

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have endured unimaginable hardship and it’s time for us to

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take decisive action. The Bernu State Governor, in an earlier

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statement during the week, said the Nigeria Chief of Defense

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and Staff General Christopher Muser has sent delegations to the

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state as an advisory security team to assess the security

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situation in the state. The governor said, yesterday, I had

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an interactive session with the advisory team sent by the

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Chief of Defense, Staff General Christopher Muser to assess the

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security situation in the state, held at the Government House McCurdy.

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As part of our ongoing efforts to combat in security,

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I am pleased to announce that Bernu State will be

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convening a security summit aimed at finding lasting solutions to

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the security challenges facing our communities. This summit will bring

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together key stakeholders from both the public and private sectors

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as we work collaboratively to protect our people and restore

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peace in our state. I want to assure the people

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of Bernu that we are fully committed to ending these

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senseless killings and the displacement of our people. In addition

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to the upcoming summit, I am currently in discussions with

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my fellow governors in the North Central Region to organize

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a North Central Security Summit aimed at further strengthening our

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collective efforts in addressing the security crisis affecting our region.

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I want to express my deepest gratitude to the CDs

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for his commitment to ensuring peace returns to Bernu. I

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also urge the Advisory Team to extend their visit to

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our neighboring states of Taraba and Nassarawa, as we share

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borders and must work together to achieve lasting peace. Together,

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we will restore peace to Bernu State in the entire

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North Central Regiondi Bringi Bingi in a morgisal Way