Nigerian soldiers have reportedly brutalized no fewer than 10 residents of the Cross River community over rejecting Fulani herdsmen from their community after herders destroying their farmlands and crops.
Newsflash Nigeria gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday at Nde Community in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State.
A resident of the community who refused to be named said that the soldiers allegedly attacked, flogged and brutalised about 10 youths, leaving them severely injured for trying to evict Fulani herdsmen from the community for destroying their crops.
Another indigene of the community simply identified as Barnabas, that the soldiers came from 245 Recce Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Afi Barracks, Ikom Local Government Area.
“It is sad that we are no longer safe in our community. They attacked our youths for trying to defend the community.
Our youths were subjected to inhumane treatment by the soldiers”
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According to a WhatsApp message posted by Amb, God’sown, sighted by Newsflash Nigeria said, “Nde community in Ikom local government area of CRS is currently on fire as military men dehumanized the community youths who pleaded with the ‘herdsmen’ to leave their land after destroying almost all their farm produce.”
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Newsflash Nigeria could not independently reach the authorities of the 245 Recce Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Afi Barracks, Ikom to confirm the incident.
Meanwhile, the soldiers’ action had forced Traditional Rulers and Monarchs in the community to cry out to the Nigerian Army authorities demanding protection from the harassment of soldiers and herdsmen.
