Dozens of people have been killed and several injured in a suspected bomb attack in Nigeria’s north-central region. The attack was made on shepherds who had just moved their flocks. “At least 54 people died instantly. There are countless injuries,” spokesman Tasi’u Suleman of the national livestock sector said Wednesday.
A group of Fulani herders were moving their cattle from Benue, where authorities had confiscated the animals for violating a grazing ban, to Nasarawa when an explosion shook the area. The region’s governor, Abdullahi Sule, did not initially provide details on the number of casualties, but said a bomb attack was responsible for the deaths.
Less grazing land due to climate change and population growth
In northern and central Nigeria, ethno-religious conflicts often lead to clashes between Fulani pastoralists and farmers, who are mostly Christians. According to experts, population growth and climate change have led to an expansion of farmland, leaving less land for nomadic herds to graze.
Source: Krone
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