Herdsmen Attacks: 81 Dead In Benue State.

Survivors and victims of herdsmen attacks in Logo and

Ukum council areas in Benue State have been recounting

how 81 persons were killed in the last two weeks.

The traditional ruler of Logo, Chief Jimmy Meeme, who

spoke to Channels Television on the invasion of rural

communities said 70 persons were killed in six out of the 10

council wards in his domain.

He blamed the sustained attacks on his people by the

herdsmen on territorial occupation campaign.

Eyewitnesses also claim that Turan, Mbagber, Yonov and

Tombo communities in Logo were attacked on the same

day while Varser in Ukum Local Government came under

siege, leaving 53 persons dead.

A community leader, Terkura Suswam, also made a case

for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

In Anyiin community, the matron at a local clinic, Kpadoo

Asema, and the IDPs camp manager, John Imenger, spoke

on the treatment and how the displaced persons were

fairing in the face of lack and despair.

One of the IDPs in Anyiin camp, Aseer Yuam, grieved over

the gruesome murder of her son by herdsmen in Tombo

council ward while attempting to fetch food for his family

from the farm.

The State Coordinator of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders

Association of Nigeria, Garus Gololo, promised to track

down those responsible for the attacks in Logo and Ukum.

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, lamented the

inability of the security agencies to arrest the perpetrators

of the coordinated attacks.

In his reaction, the spokesman of the Benue State Police

Command, ASP Moses Yamu, dismissed allegations of

neglect of duty by security personnel.

He insisted that only 22 deaths were recorded in Logo and

Ukum local government areas.