Fulani herdsmen storm another village in Benue, kill 15

Suspected Fulani herdsmen again invaded another Benue state community on Thursday, March 17, killing at least 15 people, Vanguard reports.

They attacked Tombo in Buruku local government area of the state on Thursday afternoon, set a part of the community on fire and took over the deserted villages.


“As I speak with you the people are shooting sporadically and the villagers are fleeing for fear of being killed," a source from the community told the newspaper.

“The situation in Tombo at the moment is scary and we are helpless, it’s as if we are in a war situation where the mission of the invaders is to occupy and tske over our villages.

“It’s a pathetic situation because corpses are littering the community though one cannot give a specific number of the dead which should not be less than 15 but I know that the casualty figure could be huge because many have been wounded as bullets continue to fly around.

“The people are also burning down houses, farms and food stuff as they move into the villages in what looked like a well coordinated attack,” the source said.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistant Superintendent (ASP), Moses Yamu said the attack occurred at about 3pm. He put the number of people killed at seven.

According him, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Paul Yakadi had led a team to the crisis zone curtail the situation.

Today's attack is coming after the recent attacks on Agatu local government area of the state where hundreds were murdered by the herdsmen.