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Herdsmen invaded our village, ordered us to vacate homes –Benue chief

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Monday allegedly invaded Mbatoho community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

Mbatoho community is a council ward located on an Island in Makurdi town.

The community leader, who identified himself as John Tehemen, led a few other residents to lodge a complaint with the state’s Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, saying that the herdsmen had ordered them to vacate their homes.

When contacted on the telephone, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, told PUNCH correspondent that he had just received the report.

PUNCH, February 28, 2018

 

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