Showing posts with label Armed Villagers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Armed Villagers. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 May 2016

A crumbling country: Nigerian villagers take up arms after Fulani attacks -AFP

A woman lies on a riffle which she claims belong to her husband for self-defence ©Emmanuel Arewa (AFP)

Blessing Joseph lies on a sofa, her eyes fixed on the butt of a rifle that she says she won't hesitate to use if Fulani herdsmen come back to her remote village in central Nigeria.

The 19-year-old student isn't the only one. Teenagers and even young boys carry machetes and daggers in villages in the Agatu area of Benue state.