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  • Fulani herdsmen kill two policemen in Benue

    Fulani herdsmen kill two policemen in Benue

    Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday killed two mobile policemen in Awashua village, Logo local government area of Benue State.

    The state Police Public Relation Officer, Moses Yamu, confirmed the killings and said another mobile policeman who sustained gunshot wound is receiving treatment at the Benue State University Hospital in Makurdi.

    According to Yamu, the mobile policemen were members of a special security force deployed to Logo LGA following the herdsmen killings in the area.

    He said the herdsmen attacked  the mobile policemen camp in Awashua village.

    “When the policemen over powered the militia men, they beat a retreat and ambushed the policemen where two officers were shot and killed. Their riffles were also taken away,” Yamu said.

     

     

  • Herdsmen killings: Buhari, Ortom meet in Aso Rock

    Herdsmen killings: Buhari, Ortom meet in Aso Rock

    President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    The meeting may not be unconnected with the herdsmen killings in several parts of Benue State.

    Over 70 persons have been reportedly killed in the state this year.

    The governor arrived the Presidential Villa at 10:50 a.m. and was immediately ushered to the President’s office.

    The meeting was still in progress at the time of filing this report.

  • Herdsmen killings: Benue indigenes protest

    Scores of indigenes of Benue State resident in Lagos, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly over the incessant attack of the people of the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

    Some of their placards read; “no more herdsmen,” “disarm all Fulani herdsmen,” and “PMB say something about the killing.”

    The protesters, who were in the Assembly under the auspices of ‘Mdzough Tiv Lagos State’ presented a protest letter on the issue, addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari to the lawmakers.

    The letter was co-signed by the Association’s BOT Chairman, Chief Alfred Ubee, President, Hon. Kwaghbo, Co-ordinator, Ichul Wisdom and another Co- ordinator, Engineer Benjamin Kua.

    In the letter, the protesters demanded the immediate evacuation of all Fulani herdsmen currently occupying the ancestral home of the people of the state in line with the directive of the Benue State Governor.

    They also demanded that the government must not be seen as partial as, according to them, ‘the death of one man is our collective death.’

    “All bills/enactments pending at the National Assembly as well as the Benue State House of Assembly that are aimed at finding a permanent solution to these killings be given accelerated attention.

    “They should be harmonized and passed into law with immediate effect. This should be done without unduly favouring any segment affected by such a bill/enactment,” they said in the letter.

    In addition, the protesters demanded an immediate and conclusive investigation of all incidents recorded in the area so far, adding that all the perpetrators should be made to face the full wrath of the law.

    Addressing the protesters, the Speaker of the House, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that the House was known for peace and that it is an advocate of peace.

    Obasa, who was represented by Hon. Jude Idimogu representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II, said: “All we want is peace. We know that the Federal Government is trying, however , the government has to do more.

    “We need peace in this country. destruction of lives and property is not what we need in our nation. The leadership of the House will look into the matter as soon as we resume from recess on Tuesday, March 28, 2017,” he said.

  • Senator raises alarm over Kaduna South killings

    Senator raises alarm over Kaduna South killings

    The Senator representing Kaduna South, Senator Danjuma La’ah, Wednesday raised the alarm over what he described as the increasing killings and destruction of property in his constituency.

    Senator La’ah who spoke under personal explanation lamented that it seemed his constituents have been left to suffer their fate.

    He blamed herdsmen for the killings and destruction of property in the area.

    He noted that herdsmen have taken killing and massive destruction of property, especially burning of houses, as a routine in southern Kaduna.

    The lawmaker prayed the Senate to mandate relevant government agencies to establish Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the area as a matter of urgency to avert crippling humanitarian crisis.

    He insisted that the Senate should quickly rise to the occasion to save the situation in the interest of the people of the area.

    He said that it is unacceptable that herdsmen should turn Kaduna South to a killing field without much being done to protect the people of the area.

    La’ah noted that though killings could be noticed in other places, the magnitude of killings and destruction of property in Kaduna south is incomparable.

    He said that it had become a source of embarrassment for him to always talk about killings and destruction of property in his constituency on the floor of the Senate.

    Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said that since Senator La’ah made personal explanation, the issue he raised should not be open for debate.

    Saraki added that if La’ah wanted the issue discussed, he should propose a formal motion on the issue.

    He however concluded that the Senate has taken note of the issue raised.