Nigeria's President Buhari orders crackdown on Fulani herdsmen

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the security forces to crack down on cattle raiders accused of killing scores of people on Monday. The announcement comes after national outrage over....
the killing of at least 20 people on Monday in a raid on the Ukpabi Nimbo community in south-eastern Enugu State.

Security operatives would "go after the groups terrorizing innocent people all over the country", he said.
The raids are seen as the biggest security threat facing Nigeria after the Islamist-led insurgency.
There has been reports of clashes between nomadic herders from the Fulani ethnic group and farming communities over land and water control.
In a statement, Mr Buhari said he deeply sympathized with those who had lost their lives.
He had ordered Nigeria's army and police chiefs to "secure all communities under attack by herdsmen", Mr Buhari added.
"This government will not allow these attacks to continue," the president said.
In February, about 300 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless in a tit-for-tat raid in central Benue state.Homes, food stores and churches were also destroyed, reports said.
More than 1, 200 people were killed in 2014 by different groups of Fulani herders, according to the Global Terrorism Index