Benue communities reportedly attacked by armed herdsmen with thousands of cattle. Reports claimed they were there to settle.
Many Benue communities have reportedly been invaded by suspected Fulani herdsmen with their cattle and weapons, locals have said.
According to reports, the invaders were armed with weapons and stormed the community of Senator Gabriel Suswam, among other Benue communities.
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According to the Daily Post, among the Bebue communities invaded by the herders include; Yonov, Tombo, Turan and Nenzev in Logo as well as communities in Guma and Buruku Local Government Areas of Benue State.
The report says community members took to their heels on sighting the herders.
According to the report, the invaders in their numbers, marched into the communities with over a thousand cattle from neighbouring communities of Taraba State.
They were said the have destroyed large cassava farms and yam seedlings during the attack, as residents fled in droves for their lives.
Chief Joseph Anawa, a stakeholder in one of the Benue communities, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday, said it had triggered tension in the affected areas.
According to him, the Fulani herders who were hostile upon their arrival in the Benue communities, declared that they were out to settle in the areas.
He said, “They were so hostile and do not want anybody to come close to them. The locals on sighting the arrival of cows started packing out of their villages for the fear of the unknown.
“When the kindred head of Mbaifu, Zaki Gbamga Nengem went to them to know their mission in his community, they outrightly told him that they have come to settle there.”