Fulani Cows, Goats And 44 Almajiris Crushed To Death As Trailer Heading To South East Crashed At The Lokoja Bridge
A truck loaded with travellers from Northern Nigeria and heading to South-Eastern Nigeria has tipped over killing scores of the travellers as well as animals loaded in the trailer.
The animals were suspected Fulani cows, rams and goats loaded inside the truck alongside with travellers and Almajiris headed to South Eastern Nigeria.
According to the report made available to the Newera News, the accident happened around Meme bridge in Lokoja.
The trailer was loaded with many people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen and Almajiris being transported from some states in Northern Nigeria to South Eastern Nigeria.
Recall that there have been several interceptions of trucks carrying several hundreds of Almajiris migrating from the Northern part of the country to the Southern Nigeria especially South West and South East.
The mass exodus and repatriation of Almajiris to Southern Nigeria have been ostensibly engendered by the recent announcement by Norther Nigeria governors that the Almajiri system should be abolished.
However, Southern Nigerian residents and leaders have shown repulsive response to this development owing to suspicions of the purpose of the mass movement of the Almajiris from the North to Southern Nigeria.
The suspicious factors include security threat as some of these Almajiris could be used for malicious political intentions against their host states.
Other suspicions also border around health threats. There is suspicion that some of these Almajiris could be people already infected with coronavirus, hence posing the risk of infecting unsuspecting people living in host states.
