Protesting IDPs block Benue-Nassarawa highway over Herdsmen killings

Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have blocked the
Makurdi-Lafia highway over the alleged killing of 10 persons by
herdsmen in their camp on Monday night.

They blocked the highway with corpses of the killed inmates,
causing a gird lock on the busy expressway.

Governor Samuel, who showed up at the highway, appealed to the
protesters to open the expressway for traffic flow.

*SEVEN BENUE IDPs FOUND DEAD AFTER HERDERS’ ATTACK ON
CAMP

Seven dead bodies have so far been counted with many others
injured after armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Abagena community
housing Internally Displaced Persons camp in Makurdi Local Area of
Benue State.

Governor Samuel Ortom while addressing angry youth who protested
and blocked the Makurdi -Lafia road with the dead bodies, called on
President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his responsibility of
protecting Nigerians.

He described the attack on the IDP camp as inhuman, barbaric and
unacceptable.

The Governor who called for urgent action against the activities
of militia herdsmen across the country said if the Federal
Government had taken the issue of militia herders seriously, it
wouldn’t have escalated to this level.

He lamented that in the last two weeks, over seventy persons had
been killed in Makurdi Local Government alone while various
communities across Benue are suffering from same militia
herdsmen.

Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have blocked the
Makurdi-Lafia highway over the alleged killing of 10 persons by
herdsmen in their camp on Monday night.

They blocked the highway with corpses of the killed inmates,
causing a gird lock on the busy expressway.

Governor Samuel, who showed up at the highway, appealed to the
protesters to open the expressway for traffic flow.

*SEVEN BENUE IDPs FOUND DEAD AFTER HERDERS’ ATTACK ON
CAMP

Seven dead bodies have so far been counted with many others
injured after armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Abagena community
housing Internally Displaced Persons camp in Makurdi Local Area of
Benue State.

Governor Samuel Ortom while addressing angry youth who protested
and blocked the Makurdi -Lafia road with the dead bodies, called on
President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his responsibility of
protecting Nigerians.

He described the attack on the IDP camp as inhuman, barbaric and
unacceptable.

The Governor who called for urgent action against the activities
of militia herdsmen across the country said if the Federal
Government had taken the issue of militia herders seriously, it
wouldn’t have escalated to this level.

He lamented that in the last two weeks, over seventy persons had
been killed in Makurdi Local Government alone while various
communities across Benue are suffering from same militia
herdsmen.