Fear grips Benue residents over influx of herdsmen

A resident of Gbajimba in Guma LGA, Jonah Iorundu, said most of the villages in the council had been taken over by herdsmen and their cows.

Also, a community leader in Logo LGA of the state, Joseph Anawah, said, “There is an influx of herdsmen and their cows into several communities in Logo since January.“Although there is no conflict yet because our people have harvested their crops, we pray that as the rain sets in, and we start planting there will not be a crisis because that is when their cows eat our crops.”

“With the movement of large herds of cattle in our community, we are afraid because it portends danger. We recall the incident of the past years, especially how hundreds of people were murdered,” he added.Commenting on the development, the Force Commander, Operations Whirl Stroke, General Adeyemi Yekini, assured the residents of adequate security.

This people are back again? They should be proscribed as a terrorist organization

What exactly is it with herdsmen and Benue State?

I thought Benue has an open grazing law or has it been relaxed?

And dem dey look dem as dey r entering der state in droves🙄🤔

Benue has antigrazing law, except the gov is relaxed

Una done start with Tales again..

Yeah they should fear, cos herdsmen are damn dangerous. The killings was so much, God help Benue state.

The great migration

They should chase them out and fast

Herdsmen ain't terrorists yet ni

Hmm! Media!

They better form their own Amotekun to curb herdsmen menace in their territory.

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