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Fulani herdsmen attacks: The big fight back — 8th May 2016 By Chidi Obineche RIPPLES of the Monday, April 25th attack on the rural agrarian community of Ukpabi Nimbo in the Uzo- Uwani Local Government Area, LGA of Enugu state which reportedly left in its wake a staggering number of deaths, injuries and destructions peaked at the turn of the week. The condemnations came like sparks of fire, but like a lion jolted from a delirious slumber, the fight back has slowly and steadily mounted, resulting in a frenzy of protests, threats, and pre- cautionary measures. Happily, no backlash, or reprisal killings have occurred. In- gathering After days of seeming reluctance, President Muhammadu Buhari took the bulls by the horns by ordering heads of security agencies to take all necessary actions to rein in the rampaging herdsmen who have continued to wreak havoc on different communities across the country. The president while receiving catholic bishops of Nigeria said; “We

         By: Jubal Freeman Dabo                       INTRODUCTION The Southern Kaduna People's Union (SOKAPU) is compelled to once more present to the world an objective perspective of the unfortunate occurances in southern KADUNA as falsely contained in ZEMDAs widely publicised advertorial of 6th March 2017 (Thisday Newspaper). It is no longer news that the Southern Senatorial Zone of Kaduna Sate, Nigeria has continued to suffer great tragedy for a long time now, we have lost our brothers, sisters, parents and even grand parents to these heinous attacks. We have equally lost properties worth billions of Naira. Our land is filled with widows, widowers, orphans, worst of all orphans as young as two weeks old. Sorrow and sadness have become the second nature of the people of Southern Kaduna. Unfortunately, while this crisis is going on government settles for apportioning blames of the southern Kaduna victims who are doing all to ensure the return of peace in the land. The governo