Savior Averson and his friend Michael were attacked and killed after confronting herders whose cattle were eating tree crops near Savior’s home on the outskirts of Abuja.
According to AIT, Blessing David, Savior’s mother, said she was told herdsmen were attacking her son and when she got home, she found his lifeless body on the ground. She said, “I was told that herdsmen were fighting my son at home, when I got home I saw my son’s dead body on the floor”.
Savior’s father, David Averson, said the herders used machetes to attack his son for trying to protect their farm trees. He added that Michael was chased to a river and also killed in a more brutal manner. He said, “We got a call that herders entered my house and slaughtered my son because my son told them to stop their cattle from eating these mango trees. They gathered and used machetes on him. They went after his friend and caught up with him close to a river. They also slaughtered him. His own was very worse.
