More attacks in Benue leave 6 dead

Fresh attacks in Benue State communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen is said to have left no less than six more people dead.

The attacks as gathered was carried out against communities in Logo, Guma and Okpokwu local government areas of the state.

The governor of the state, Samuel Ortom confirmed the attacks on Wednesday when he was visited by the former military administrator of the state, Brigadier General Dominic Oneya (retd), at the Government House in Makurdi.

The former military administrator of the state had led a delegation on a condolence visit to the governor.

Recall that a National Vice President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Herders Association, Husaini Yusuf Bosso, had barely 48 hours after the mass burial of 73 victims of the recent herdsmen attacks in Benue, warned that more blood will be shed in the state if the anti-grazing law introduced by the state was not completely scrapped.

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“We, the association wrote a letter to him, even met him. We told him that this law cannot work. We told them that there is an international cattle route from Niger to Eastern Nigeria. He said he will not allow cattle to pass through Benue State even if it is the cattle route. We told him that if he wants to implement that law, he must provide a land for us to rent. He did not provide any land for cattle herders.

“They have been in that state even before colonial days and co-existing peacefully. We advised him and he refused to listen to us. We are not against that law but he has to provide a land for these people before implementing such a law. If there is no land, there is a problem,” Bosso had said.

 

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