“The Nigerian RRS is currently arresting our youths at Port Harcourt Road Aba, in Abia State,” reads the post’s caption. “The reason for the arrest is the alleged killing of Fulani cow last night in the area. Reports states that over 20 youths have been arrested and moved down to an unknown destination (sic).”
One of the two photos circulating in the viral posts shows armed police officers holding a man next to a pedestrian bridge. The second image shows a different man being taken into custody near a bus park.
The Fulani ethnic group in northern Nigeria is known for herding cattle and moving south in search of dwindling grazing land. And with Fulani-born President Muhammadu Buhari in power, the nomadic pastoralists have come under attacks from the Biafra separatist group that has been pushing for an independent state in southeastern Nigeria since 1970.
However, neither image shows police arresting suspects for killing cattle in Abia state.
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