Bloody protests has erupted in Benue state as gunmen
suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed a
Tiv man on his farm in the state.
The incident has reportedly triggered serious protest as
angry youths came out to block the ever-busy Otukpo –
Makurdi expressway.
The incident has reportedly triggered serious protest as
angry youths came out to block the ever-busy Otukpo –
Makurdi expressway.
Confirming the incident, Asp. Moses Yamu, the
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command in
the state claimed that the incident occurred in Tse Igba Uke
village after suspected herdsmen killed one of the villagers
over alleged attack on their cattle.
A reprisal attack by suspected herdsmen on Tse Igba Uke
and Aliade villages in Gwer Local Government Area of Benue
has left one person dead and many others injured, the
police have confirmed.
He said the suspected herdsmen carried out the attack on
Wednesday night, following an attack on their cattle by some
youths of the village.
He also said the corpse of the villager killed during the
incident had been deposited at the Aliade General Hospital
and the injured receiving treatment in the same hospital.
Yamu said that angry youths took to the streets,on Thursday,
following the reprisal attack on the village and barricaded
Aliade Federal highway to protest the killing of one of their
own.
The deaths was said to have led to the villagers anger where
they blocked the highway and demanded to be addressed by
a federal lawmaker from the area, Mark Gbillah.
suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed a
Tiv man on his farm in the state.
The incident has reportedly triggered serious protest as
angry youths came out to block the ever-busy Otukpo –
Makurdi expressway.
The incident has reportedly triggered serious protest as
angry youths came out to block the ever-busy Otukpo –
Makurdi expressway.
Confirming the incident, Asp. Moses Yamu, the
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command in
the state claimed that the incident occurred in Tse Igba Uke
village after suspected herdsmen killed one of the villagers
over alleged attack on their cattle.
A reprisal attack by suspected herdsmen on Tse Igba Uke
and Aliade villages in Gwer Local Government Area of Benue
has left one person dead and many others injured, the
police have confirmed.
He said the suspected herdsmen carried out the attack on
Wednesday night, following an attack on their cattle by some
youths of the village.
He also said the corpse of the villager killed during the
incident had been deposited at the Aliade General Hospital
and the injured receiving treatment in the same hospital.
Yamu said that angry youths took to the streets,on Thursday,
following the reprisal attack on the village and barricaded
Aliade Federal highway to protest the killing of one of their
own.
The deaths was said to have led to the villagers anger where
they blocked the highway and demanded to be addressed by
a federal lawmaker from the area, Mark Gbillah.
0 comments :
Post a Comment