Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has issued a directive for
necessary arrangements to be made for another mass burial to hold next
week Friday, March 16th.
The mass burial is for victims of a fresh
herdsmen/farmers clash in Omusu village in Okpokwu Local Government Area
of the state which has left 26 people dead.
14 of the victims were women, two children while the search for more bodies has continued.
During his visit to the community yesterday, Governor Ortom appealed
to the community not to embark on any reprisal attacks. Security agents
have since been mobilised to forestall further attacks while the
governor also called on the State Emergency Management Agency to
immediately provide relief materials to persons displaced in the attack.
He reiterated his call for the arrest of the leadership of Miyetti
Allah Kautal Hore whom he alleged were sponsoring the suspected herdsmen
militia.
The governor also visited Saint Mary’s Hospital Okpoga, where the
injured persons were treated and proceeded to the General Hospital in
the town where remains of the dead victims were deposited.