Nigerians Await Tinubu’s Action As Herdsmen Spread Terror In Benue, Enugu, Abia
Bola Tinubu will today, Wednesday, visit Benue State following the brutal killing of over 200 villagers in the state by suspected herdsmen.
Tinubu recently announced that he would reschedule his appointments to pay a condolence visit to the people of the state on Wednesday, following last Friday’s attack in the Yelewata community that left scores of residents dead.
Many had criticised the president for not visiting the people of the troubled state despite the killing of scores of residents by suspected herdsmen.
He also came under attack after he charged Governor Hyacinth Alia to convene reconciliation meetings and dialogue among the warring parties to end the incessant bloodshed.
A fresh wave of deadly attacks being carried out by armed herdsmen have spread to parts of Enugu and Abia states, leaving residents gripped with fear and anxiety.
The attacks intensified just a few days after a gruesome massacre in Benue that claimed many lives, including children, women and the elderly.
Many residents had described the attack as the single deadliest massacre in Benue’s recent history.
Prior to the bloodletting in Yelewata, there were similar attacks on other communities like Edikwu-Ankpali in Apa as well as the Tyoshin community in Naka, Gwer East LGA, where scores of persons were hacked to death.
Sadly, similar tales of terror were being unleashed on Aguamede, Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State.
According to a recent report, bandits, suspected to be herdsmen, killed over 10 persons in Aguamede on Sunday.
Sources from the community claimed that the killer herdsmen were probably dropped by a helicopter that reportedly flew around the community earlier in the day.
“They did not even announce their operation with any gunshot. They just came in and started using machetes to butcher people and had killed more than 10 people in their homes, before anybody knew what was happening,”
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Recall that a similar attack had occurred last week at Mbuji Eha-Amufu, where no less than four people were killed by the same suspected herdsmen.
Numerous reports disclosed that between 2017 and 2022 suspected armed herdsmen had attacked over 20 farm settlements in Eha-Amufu communities, resulting in the deaths of at least 123 locals.
The attacks had continued relentlessly over the years in some other parts of Enugu, notably at Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state.
