In Benue State Not less than six people have been killed in a clash that occurred
between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Gbemacha council ward of Gwer
local government Area.
The Nigerian Tribune reports sources as
saying the latest attack by the herdsmen was in reprisal of the killing
of one of their colleagues.
According to the
report, the herdsmen had stormed the community with about 5,000 and
destroyed farmlands and crops thus provoking the people of the area,
who, with their youths, mobilized against the invasion.
“This did not go down well with youths
of the area who tried to resist them, but were equally countered by the
armed herdsmen who besieged the community in great numbers and sacked
the locals from their homes,” the source allegedly said.
Confirming
the incident, Professor Jonathan Uever, a special advisser to Governor
Samuel Otorm, overnor, Bureau for Lands and Survey, Professor Jonathan
Uever, who hails from the area, said: “They were not provoked in any way.
“From
what I gathered from my people who had been giving me update on the
crisis in the last three days, the herdsmen stormed Gbemacha council
ward and everybody ran for their lives.
“They took over our community and broke into people’s houses, destroyed food barns and burnt, food items.
“Thereafter, they went and hid near a
popular well in the community. The first person they saw was an elderly
man, who they shot and sl*ughtered with three others.
“As
I speak with you, I’m being inundated with phone calls from my people
on the matter, but I’m in touch with the local government’s sole
administrator.”
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