Over 5,000 people killed in Benue within seven years – Commissioner

about the rising insecurity in the state, including the killing over 80 people in the Guma and Otukpo local government areas of the state, and what Governor Samuel Ortom has done to address the problem

So, the killings are unprovoked. There is nothing like herders-farmers crises. It is a grand design to make sure that people leave their ancestral homes for them to occupy the place for their grazing and practice of animal husbandry. We are at the mercy of God. The Federal Government sent in some security men last year but the spate of killings is so overwhelming that they cannot withstand it. Right now, the governor is calling for more troops to be deployed to the state.

This is not the first time. You will remember that between 2012 and 2017, they killed 3,920 people in the Agatu Local Government Area and the number of people killed in Guma to date are more than 500. What I can tell you is that Benue State has recorded the killing of over 5,000 people, not to talk of properties that have been destroyed.

Governor Samuel Ortom told the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , to go beyond issuing condolence messages over the killings in Benue and order security agencies to smoke out the terrorists attacking residents. Why does the governor doubt the efforts of the President to address the killings?

These are not just figures. These are human lives lost. Because someone is playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. We must address herders/famers clashes to end this madness

It's more than that Mr commissioner

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