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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has accused the Nigerian Air Force of killing its members in the Rukubi community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. MACBAN President, Baba Othman Ngelzarma disclosed this in a statement sent to SaharaReporters on Thursday. He said the herders, numbering about 40 were killed by operatives of the Nigerian Air Force Base in Makurdi, Benue State.
More details have emerged on the cause of the aerial attack by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) that killed some cattle rearers in the Kwatiri community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to PR Nigeria, the airstrike was ordered after the Military High Command received intelligence that some terrorists moved into some communities around the boundary between Nasarawa and Benue states. On Tuesday, at least 39 people were killed following an airstrike that hit some herders waiting to transport their cattle from an area that connects Benue to Nasarawa.
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says the explosion in Nasarawa state killed 30 herders and an unspecified number of livestock.