Call to end Nigeria's 'culture of killing'
Michael Odijie
A group of Nigerian students at Cambridge University in the UK have held a protest against the recent killings in the central Plateu state.
Authorities say 200 people were killed in three-days of conflict which started last week Thursday.
The students urged President Muhammadu Buhari to "end these killings", saying that he has a duty to protect the lives of all Nigerians.
"These deaths from herdsmen attacks have become one too many; it has become regularised, it has become a culture, and we say no to that," a statement from the Cambridge University Nigeria Student Society said.
Reports say fighting began when ethnic Berom farmers attacked Fulani herders, killing five of them.
A retaliatory attack on Saturday led to more deaths in a conflict that also divide people along political and religious lines.
The university students said that after they finished their studies they would like to go back to Nigeria to contribute to the country's development.
But they warned: "We have no desire to go back to a country whose street is running in blood."
Michael Odijie
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