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23 killed as herdsmen attack villagers in Benue State

Bature Magaji by Bature Magaji
October 21, 2022
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Violent attacks by herdsmen on farmers in Benue state has left at least 23 people dead, a local official said on Thursday.

The latest deadly incident os fuelled by growing pressure on land resources in the country.

Violence between farmers and pastoralists often fuelled by the latter have become increasingly common in recently as population growth leads to an expansion of the area dedicated to farming, leaving less land available for open grazing by nomads’ herds of cattle.

Kertyo Tyounbur, chairman of the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State where the violence took place, gave a death toll of 23.

Local resident, William Samson, said the trouble started on Tuesday when villagers killed two herders and stole their cattle. 

This was followed by a reprisal attack by herdsmen on Wednesday on the village of Gbeji, he said.

Reuters could not verify his account from other sources in the remote rural area.

Benue is one of Nigeria’s Middle Belt states, where the majority Muslim North meets the predominantly Christian South.

Competition over land use is particularly intractable in the Middle Belt as the fault lines between farmers and herders often overlap with ethnic and religious divisions.

The Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast has worsened the problem by driving herders into the Middle Belt and further south, analysts say, while climate change and increasing aridity in the North are also contributing factors. (Reuters)

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