Recall that Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom had confirmed that at least 20 people were killed after suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked communities in Guma and
Logo local government areas of the state few weeks ago.
Recall that the State Governor, Samuel Ortom had confirmed that at least 20 people were killed after suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked communities in Guma and
Logo local government areas of the state between Monday and Tuesday, last week.
Ortom confirmed that at least 20 people were killed after suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked communities in Guma and
Logo local government areas of the state.
Over 50 persons had been killed in attacks on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen after they invaded some parts of the Guma and
Logo local government areas of the state on New Year's Day.
The statement read in part, «Governor Ortom commiserates with families of the victims, describing the attack on the young protesters as insensitive to the current mood of the people who are in grief over the killing of many innocent persons by armed herdsmen in Guma and
Logo local government areas of the state.
Not exact matches
He continued «We are here in court to institute a criminal case against the leadership
of Miyetti Allah Kauttal Hore and some Fulani herdsmen who instigated attacks on innocent civilians between December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2018 in Guma and
Logo local government areas of Benue
State.
The Mobile Policemen deployed to Benue
State to curb incessant attacks on communities in Logo local government area of Benue state, Monday evening were attacked by suspected Fulani herd
State to curb incessant attacks on communities in
Logo local government area of Benue
state, Monday evening were attacked by suspected Fulani herd
state, Monday evening were attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Terzungwe Samuel Ali and Shimakyaa Iorkyase, President General and Secretary
of Mdzough U Tiv, in a press statement in Kaduna said, «In their quest to resist the anti-open grazing legislation already operational in Benue
State and take over the
State as threatened on 23rd October 2017 and reported by the Leadership Newspaper
of 24th October, 2017, on 1st
of January 2018 at about 10:00 am, Fulani Herdsmen mindlessly attacked peaceful and harmless Church Goers in Gaambe - Tiev, Ayilamo and Turan in
Logo Local Government Area.
No fewer than three youths including students were allegedly killed on Wednesday during the protest against the recent killings in Benue communities by suspected herdsmen which left over 50 persons in
Logo and Guma
local government areas of the
state.
«Also, we are worried
of the attacks in Guma and
Logo local government areas of Benue
state where over 50 people were murdered in cold blood on same New Year day.
Meanwhile Governor Samuel Ortom
of Benue
State, on Monday, declared a three - day mourning for the 59 dead victims that were killed in recent attacks on communities in the Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of the state by suspected Fulani herd
State, on Monday, declared a three - day mourning for the 59 dead victims that were killed in recent attacks on communities in the
Logo and Guma
Local Government Areas of the
state by suspected Fulani herd
state by suspected Fulani herdsmen.