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Over 134 persons killed in Benue in the past five days – Gov Ortom

Bature Magaji by Bature Magaji
April 10, 2023
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*Calls on President Buhari to walk his talk by stopping the killings

The Governor of  Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to match his words with action by deploying more troops to halt the killings in the state.

According to him, more than 134 people were gruesomely murdered by suspected Fulani herdsmen in some villages in Benue state in the past five days across three local government areas of Otukpo, Apa and Guma.

Governor Ortom spoke when he paid a condolence visit to the Mgbam Community in Nyiev Ward of Guma Local Government Area where 36 people, including internally displaced persons, were killed by the herdsmen on Friday night, April 7th, 2023, while over 40 people were injured in the attack.

The governor, in a statement by Nathaniel Ikyur, the Chief Press Secretary, he described the attack as “heinous and cowardly for the marauding herdsmen who have continued to kill innocent Benue indigenes  without any provocation”.

He urged the President to not just stop at mourning with the families of the bereaved, but also direct security agencies to go all out to arrest the Fulani militia, who have made life unbearable to the people of the state”.

He said the time has come for the President to act fast beyond words and with concrete actions to end the killings.

Gov. Ortom however appealed to the community and its leaders to continue to be law abiding, but equally to be vigilant at all times so as to be in a position to wade off the assailants.

The Governor also visited the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, where those injured in the unprovoked dastard attack are receiving treatment.

Speaking to journalists after going round the wards where the wounded were hospitalised, Ortom bemoaned “the mindless killings by marauding invaders,” stating that in the last five days, similar attacks by armed herders in three LGAs of the state including, Otukpo, Apa and Guma have claimed over 134 lives of innocent.

Earlier, the District Head of Nyiev, His Highness, Bernard Shawa, who lost a son and a daughter in the attack, recalled  how the assailants stormed his community at about 9 pm on Friday night and began shooting sporadically killing and wounding his subjects.

He said the victims were mostly those already displaced from their ancestoral lands and were taking refuge in a primary school near his home.

Mue Ter Ihyarev, who also spoke on behalf of Ter Guma, HRH Dennis Shemberga, expressed deep shock over the unprovoked killing of his subjects by the armed herdsmen.

He appealed to Governor Ortom not to be discouraged by the spate of renewed attacks on their communities, and also urged President Buhari to send more troops in the troubled spots to end the killings.

It would be recalled that on Monday April 3rd, 2023, suspected Fulani herdsmen launched coordinated attacks on Ikobi community of Apa LGA killing 47 persons, including a traditional ruler killed along with some his subjects.

Also on Wednesday, April 5th, the invaders unleashed mayhem on Umogidi community in Entekpa Council Ward of Otukpo LGA where they massacred another 51 persons and sacked the community.

These devastating attacks by the herdsmen in Benue communities resumed immediately after the conduct of the February 25th Presidential and National Assembly elections with Kwande, Guma, Gwer-West, Logo, Apa, Agatu, Otukpo LGAs as some of the major flashpoints.

Pockets of these attacks have continued till last week Monday, April 3rd, when suspected herdsmen attacked and killed forty-seven people, including a traditional ruler in the Ikobi community of Apa local government, according to Ikyur.

“Within 48 hours, the attacks moved to the Umogidi community of Entekpa ward in Otukpo local government where fifty-one persons lost their lives at the final scores.

“From the scenes of the Friday night attack, the governor visited survivors who are now receiving treatment at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi and commiserated with them,” he stated.

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