Survivors and victims of herdsmen attacks in Logo and Ukum
council areas in Benue State have been recounting how 81 persons were
killed in the last two weeks.
The traditional ruler of Logo, Chief Jimmy Meeme, who spoke on the invasion of rural communities said 70 persons
were killed in six out of the 10 council wards in his domain.
He blamed the sustained attacks on his people by the herdsmen on territorial occupation campaign.
Eyewitnesses also claim that Turan, Mbagber, Yonov and Tombo
communities in Logo were attacked on the same day while Varser in Ukum
Local Government came under siege, leaving 53 persons dead.
A community leader, Terkura Suswam, also made a case for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
In Anyiin community, the matron at a local clinic, Kpadoo Asema, and
the IDPs camp manager, John Imenger, spoke on the treatment and how the
displaced persons were fairing in the face of lack and despair.
One of the IDPs in Anyiin camp, Aseer Yuam, grieved over the gruesome
murder of her son by herdsmen in Tombo council ward while attempting to
fetch food for his family from the farm.
The State Coordinator of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria, Garus Gololo, promised to track down those
responsible for the attacks in Logo and Ukum.
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, lamented the inability of the
security agencies to arrest the perpetrators of the coordinated
attacks.
In his reaction, the spokesman of the Benue State Police Command, ASP
Moses Yamu, dismissed allegations of neglect of duty by security
personnel.
He insisted that only 22 deaths were recorded in Logo and Ukum local government areas.
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