Suspected herders attack nursing mother in Adamawa, kill her baby

The Adamawa State Police Command has vowed to trail the attackers of a woman who also killed her daughter in Kodomti, Numan Local Government Area.

The woman and her baby girl were on their way to a burial when they were attacked by the suspected herdsmen. The attackers inflicted a serious injury on her and then murdered her daughter. The woman is currently receiving treatment at a general hospital in Numan due severe injuries inflicted on her.

In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, SP Yahaya Nguroje, the state Commissioner of Police, S. K. Akande, condemned the attack and ordered for the immediate arrest of the suspects. 

Nguroje added that the state Commissioner of Police warned that attacks on innocent citizens would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise.  He added that the Command is doing everything legally possible to fish out the perpetrators.