Suspected Herdsmen, Naked Women With Pots On Their Heads Kill 20, Burn Houses In Benue
Famous Nigerian artist, Tuface Idibia is from the area.At least 20 people have been killed by thought herders in Igama Edumoga people group in the Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State.
Well known Nigerian artist, Tuface Idibia is from the area.
that the suspects have been attacking networks nearby over the most recent fourteen days.
The most recent assault happened in the early long periods of Sunday, June 12, where around 20 people were killed and a few houses consumed.
The thought herders were said to have shot unpredictably on entering the local area.
“The killing occurred the previous morning, locally called Igama Edumoga people group. That is the local area where Tuface came from,” one of the inhabitants said.
“The assailants were more than 50, among them were two ladies who were exposed with pots on their heads, making spells. The adolescents attempted to defy them however they were overwhelmed by their numbers, and the weapons they accompanied, as slugs couldn’t infiltrate them.
“Twenty individuals were affirmed dead, many harmed and houses consumed. This people group is under Okpokwu nearby government region. After the assaults, police and warriors came to convey the carcasses and store them in a morgue.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) possibility for Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency in the 2023 House of Representatives political decision, Chief Philip Agbese denounced the killing of individuals without incitement by the assailants.
“The APC contender for the House of Representatives political decision in Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency 2023, Chief Philip Agbese, unequivocally censures the devious killing of innocuous individuals of Igama and Effeche people group of Edumoga in Okpokwu LGA of Benue on Sunday, twelfth June, 2022 by a few obscure gunmen.”Chief Agbese approaches the security organizations to investigate every possibility until the culprits are brought to book.
“He energizes the young people, the local area pioneers and customary Rulers to frame serious areas of strength for a knowledge network to supplement the endeavors of the public authority since security is everybody’s business.
“He vowed to team up with the security organizations and every one of the partners in the security engineering of the country to guarantee that Enone and Benue state appreciate got conditions,” he said in an explanation.