Friday, May 3, 2024 -Suspected Fulani Herdsmen in the early hours of on Friday, 3rd May, 2024 waylaid and killed three farmers in Ogbaulu community of Agatu LGA of Benue State.
The victims, Edoh Alhassan, Echewija Edoh
and Simon Emmanuel, were ambushed and killed at about 9:30am while working in
their farms located in-between Ogbaulu in Agatu LGA and Imana in Apa LGA.
Confirming the murder of the three farmers,
Agatu LGA Chairman, Yakubu Ochohepo Pencil said he received the report about
the killing with rude shock at about 10am on Friday.
He added that the herdsmen carrying out the
unprovoked attacks and killings are currently camping at boundary communities
between Apa and Agatu LGAs such as Akpete, Ikobi and Imana, calling on the
security agencies to swiftly flush them out.
An eyewitness and a Youth Leader from
Ogbaulu community, Comrade Adole Ajose Ehoda, also confirmed the attack, adding
that they were currently at an undisclosed hospital, depositing the three
corpses in the mortuary.
Condemning the attack, Benue South Senator
and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, in a press statement by his Media
Adviser, Emmanuel Eche-Ofun, called on the federal and state governments to
quickly nip the barbaric acts in the bud.
The member representing Apa/Agatu Federal
Constituency and Chairman, House Standing Committee on National Inland
Waterways, Ojotu Ojema, expressed his sadness over the renewed killings,
calling on the security agencies to take a decisive action to permanently put
an end to the needless carnage.
Attacks and Killings by suspected herdsmen
have become daily affair in Benue State.
It would be recalled that suspected Fulani
herdsmen on Sunday, 28th April, 2024, ambushed and killed two Ogbaulu youths
namely, Annes Salihu and David Simon.
Unknown gunmen also killed a young farmer, Adanu Nathan in his farm and butchered another youth, Idu Ohili the same day of on Wednesday, 1st May, 2024.
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