No fewer than five persons were feared killed while properties estimated at millions of naira were destroyed when Fulani herdsmen allegedly attacked Abugi community in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State.Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that the incident which took place on Friday evening was a reprisal.A source, who pleaded anonymity for fear of attack, told journalists in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, on Sunday that the problem between the herdsmen and members of the Abugi community started few days ago when some of the herdsmen allegedly robbed and killed one Alhaji Abdullahi Zakari, who was sent to deliver money to an unnamed person in a neighbouring community.The source said angered by the killing of Zakari, youths in Abugi engaged in a reprisal in oneof the Fulani settlements in the area, which allegedly led to the death of one person in the settlement.It was further learnt some Fulani elders later met with the paramount ruler of the community,Alhaji Kabir Isa for an amicable resolution of the crisis.
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