The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has distributed assorted relief materials to Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) in Benue State.
The IDPs are spread across the different camps in Logo, Guma, Makurdi, Agatu, Kwande and Tarka local government areas.
Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Dr Emmanuel Shior, said there are about two million IDPs in Benue State as a result of sustained attacks on communities by suspected herdsmen.
Dr Shior lamented that the attempt by the IDPs to return to their ancestral homes is being hindered by armed herdsmen who have taken over the deserted settlements as their home.
He said the monthly distribution of relief materials to IDPs is to cushion the effect of hunger, saying they have been neglected by the Federal Government.
“The IDPs are tired of staying in the camps; they want to go back home and continue living their normal life. But we called on the Federal Government to provide security for them to go back to their homes,” the SEMA boss said.
He said the herdsmen have made life difficult for farmers in Benue State by completely destroying their houses, farmlands, roads, bridges and schools..
Relief materials distributed included rice, beans, indomie and non-food items.