Again, One Killed as More Benue Communities Sacked In Guma,Logo

As Ortom, Akume Call for Arrest of Leaders of Miyati Allah

By Emma Ella

Despite efforts by the Benue State and the federal governments to put a stop to attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen on communities in the state, the attacks have remained unabated as one person was killed in Mbayer Yandev council Ward of Guma LGA while several people were sacked in AnyiinLogo LGA again on Thursday.

An eyewitness disclosed that the herdsmen attacked the community in the middle of the night when most villagers were asleep.

He said the herdsmen were brandishing guns as they shoot sporadically at anyone insight.

An unidentified member of the community was killed while several others were injured.
In Logo local government area several residents were seen moving out of the council as the headsmen attacked Anyiin in the middle of the night.

Another resident of Anyii,Terwase Apam said the community is under siege from the headsmen.He called on the state and federal government to come to the aide of the people.

Meanwhile, the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, and legislators from the state  reiterated the call for the arrest of Fulani leaders as those responsible for the current killings in the state.

They made the call during a courtesy call by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Danbazau, at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi.

Both Ortom and Senator George Akume who read the communique of members of the state and National Assembly explained that their call for the arrest of the leaders of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore was based on their threats last year that they would mobilize to resist the anti-open grazing law.

They stressed that except the arrests were made the people of the state would conclude that the federal government was in support of an agenda to dispossess Benue people of their land.

The governor who led the minister  to visit those injured  on admission as well as the dead in the mortuary at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, assured that he would convey the messages to the President and also take measures in collaboration with the state government to apprehend those culpable and also stop the killings.