Many residents of Makurdi in mourning gathered on Thursday at the IBB
Square as bodies of the victims of the Fulani herdsmen attacks of
January 1 and 2, 2018, in parts of Benue State were given a mass burial.
Many residents of Makurdi in mourning gathered on
Thursday at the IBB Square as bodies of the victims of the Fulani
herdsmen attacks of January 1 and 2, 2018, in parts of Benue State were
given a mass burial.
Offices, commercial banks, markets, and schools were closed in the
state capital as the government had, a day earlier, declared Thursday, a
work-free day in honour of the 73 victims.
Many of those who attended the requiem shed tears as they lamented incessant attacks on residents of the state by herdsmen.
A leader of the Tiv nation and the chairman of the Northern Elders
Forum, Wantaregh Unongo, said if President Muhammadu Buhari failed in
his responsibility of protecting lives and property of Benue citizens,
the people would train their own army in the state to defend them.
Unongo recalled that a large number of Benue sons and daughters were among the contingents that fought the Nigerian civil war.
“Benue people sacrificed blood for the unity of this country and will
not allow a section of Fulani herdsmen to kill our people in cold
blood."
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