A clergyman of the Evangelical Church of West Africa, Reverend Zakariya, has been killed by attackers suspected to be herdsmen in Nasarawa State.Three of the killed pastor’s children are said to be in the university.
According to his nephew,Zakariya was murdered on Thursday on his farm..More of his tweets read
“My late uncle, Rev. Zakariya was killed Thursday by herdsmen in Obi LGA of Nasarawa State. They attacked him on his farm, cut off his arms and legs; then they chopped his head with machete. I received a call on Thursday evening that my uncle, a pastor with ECWA was killed by Fulani herdsmen.”
“All I want is justice to be done. Nasarawa State and the Federal Government must find the killers of my uncle. Whoever is close to Governor Al-Makura of Nasarawa State should please inform him that we demand the perpetrators should be brought to book.
“We have become preys that are hunted by marauding beasts in our land. I will keep shouting till justice is done. For how long will we suffer? He has left a very young family; three of his children are currently in the university.
Very graphic hereNo one is saying anything about the clandestine killings by Fulani herdsmen happening almost every day,” he said.never been this insecure. Security is one of your cardinal objectives but the security in our land today is unprecedented,”
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