Chief press Secretary to Benue state Governor, Terver Akase
has cried out over the horrific attack by blood thirsty Fulani herdsmen
in six communities.......
"I couldn't sleep last night," he wrote."My mind kept returning to those children and women now in the bush, homeless with many killed in parts of Logo and Guma. Benue people also deserve to be to protected by security agencies. Treat armed herdsmen as you treat Boko Haram! Their mode of operation is similar!" he added.
No fewer than than 50 persons including nine members of the
Benue State Livestock Guards were killed in coordinated attacks on
Tom-Atar and Umenge, Akor villages in Guma, Governor Samuel Ortom’s home
town and Ayilamo, Turan, Ngambe-Tiev in Logo local government areas of
Benue state by the suspected herdsmen.
The attacks on the communities which started late New
Year’s Day continued to the early hours of Tuesday living several
persons injured, many homes razed, several persons unaccounted for and
thousands of people fleeing their ancestral homes.
Over forty corpses had already been recovered from the
three attacked villages in Guma local government while many were still
missing.
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