Fresh protests in top northern state over killing of 35-year-old fisherwoman

• A 35-year-old Tiv parent of three, Kpadoo Lazarus-Uwua, has allegedly been murdered by a insignificant Fulani herder during a quality implicit sportfishing successful Imon community
• The incident, which progressive the unfortunate being hacked to decease with a machete, has sparked outrage but the Tiv assemblage person condemned the enactment and called for justice
• The Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police Force successful Lafia, the Nasarawa authorities superior person taken action

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Residents of Imon assemblage successful the Adudu Chiefdom of Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state were thrown into mourning pursuing the alleged sidesplitting of a 35-year-old Tiv pistillate by a suspected herder successful the area.

Community leaders called connected the authorities politician arsenic a insignificant herder hacked 35-year-old fisherwoman. Image of authorities politician for illustration purposes. Photo credit: Nasarawa authorities government
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The deceased, identified arsenic Kpadoo Lazarus-Uwua, was allegedly attacked by the insignificant portion carrying retired sportfishing activities successful a watercourse successful the community.

As reported by The Punch, the victim, who was accused of polluting the watercourse by the minor, died successful a excavation of her humor arsenic a effect of terrible machete cuts from the suspected herder.

Meanwhile, the quality of the untimely decease of Lazarus-Uwua has led to a caller hostility successful the community, but the Tiv indigenes person truthful acold maintained the bid to let for a creaseless probe into the matter.

Following akin incidental successful the community, the Imon community, called connected the Nasarawa authorities authorities led by Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule to urgently proffer a lasting solution to the spate of killings successful the area.

Speaking connected the incident, a household subordinate identified arsenic Mathew Aondo, called for a thorough probe into the matter.

He urged Fulani leaders successful the country to caution their young herders to refrain from their heinous acts susceptible of pitting different taste groups against them which could destabilise the existing bid successful the country and the authorities successful general.

Aondo said of the deceased:

“Kpadoo Lazarus-Uwua, a parent of three, was afloat of vigor and expectations of a fulfilled beingness for herself and her family. Her beingness was chopped abbreviated connected March 26, 2025, erstwhile a disagreement broke retired implicit sportfishing activities astir a stream area, which the insignificant herder allegedly accused her of polluting.“We are calling connected the authorities authorities to analyse the matter. Tiv radical are not occupation makers, truthful I wonderment wherefore they support attacking america for doing thing wrong. We are chiefly farmers, and each we are asking for is to spell to our farms peacefully and instrumentality to our houses without being attacked by anyone.”

Police instrumentality enactment arsenic insignificant herder allegedly hacks 35-year-old fisherwoman to decease successful Nasarawa. Image for illustration purpose. Photo credit: Nigeria Police Force
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The remains of the deceased had since been deposited successful a morgue, conscionable arsenic the fishy is presently being investigated astatine the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) successful Lafia, the authorities capital.

Note: We punctual you that each idiosyncratic accused of immoderate transgression is considered guiltless until proven blameworthy successful accordance with the law.

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Father, 2 sons killed successful Plateau colony attack

In a akin development, Legit.ng reported that a 56-year-old antheral and his 2 sons, aged 25 and 16, were gruesomely murdered portion dormant successful Zogu village, Miango District, Plateau state

The Irigwe Development Association (IDA) confirmed the killings, and noted that the fig of deaths successful the country had risen to 9 wrong a azygous week

The IDA has condemned the recurring unit and urged information agencies and the Plateau authorities authorities to instrumentality urgent enactment arsenic the authorities constabulary bid is yet to react

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