The fresh attack also left several houses and farmland destroyed
while many of the natives have reportedly fled their homes for fear of
being killed by the marauders.
We gathered that the invaders who
laid siege on the community, marched into the villages in their hundreds
from neighboring Nasarawa state.
This fresh attack came on the
heels of the last bloody fighting between the herdsmen and natives where
over 33 lives were reportedly lost.
Confirming the renewed
crisis, the member representing Agatu state constituency in the Benue
State House of Assembly, Alhaji Audu Sule told journalists in Makurdi
that the fresh attack occurred in the early hours of yesterday when the
villagers were preparing to go to their farms.”
According to the
lawmaker, “hundreds of Fulani mercenaries were hired by the Fulani
invaders who have been attacking several communities in my local
government area and we hear that they are planning to launch further
attacks from neighboring Nasarawa state.”
Sule who lamented the
persistent attack on his constituents by Fulani herdsmen urged security
agencies in both Benue and Nasarawa states to step up the patrol of the
border communities to avert further bloodbath in parts of Benue state.
When
contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Deputy
Superintendent Daniel Ezeala said he was yet to receive details of the
fresh attack but added that the Commissioners of Police, Adams Audu had
since deployed well armed policemen to the crisis area to maintain peace-Vanguard
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