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Communities Protest Incessant Killings In Benue State ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #killings #Agatu #Apa #Benue #communities #herdsmen #incessant #Nigeria #Nigerian #OsazuwaAkonedo #politics #Protest #security #Umogidi https://osazuwaakonedo.news/communities-protest-incessant-killings-in-benue-state/08/04/2023/ Members of communities in Benue State, Nigeria Communities Protest Incessant Killings In Benue State protested over incessant killings in the state.
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but members of communities in benue
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State Nigeria have protested over
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incessant killings in the states
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the protesters mostly used from agato
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imaged during the week at Oppo local
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government area headquartered to express
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their grievances
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the protesters said they were prevented
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from further protests by men of the
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Nigerian Army
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according to the protesters the people
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of oppa agato images decided to Stage
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mass action against the daily Massacre
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of their people by herdsmen but the
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military barricade the autopoieto local
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Federal Road
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the protesters said the same security
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operatives were nowhere to be found when
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the killer herdsmen Unleashed Mayhem on
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atapa ekobi ediko ogbi image communities
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in agato oppa and otokpo local
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government area in benue state killings
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estimated more than 100 people including
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the traditional ruler of ogbabi
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community and assoned to the incumbent
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chairman of utopoloxo government area
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destructions of farmlands and properties
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worth billions of naira
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the protesting benue State residents
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said kilohertz men are still occupying
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ikobi ijaha and ethical communities
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meanwhile in a report presented by
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edogabayit the benue state Governor
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Samoa Autumn during the week appealed to
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The Grieving residents to become
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following Wednesday killing of 47
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grieving people of image in intakpa
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world of otakpo local government area of
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benue state by herdsman militia
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Governor Samoa Autumn called for calm
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just as he appealed to the people to be
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vigilant to ward off such attacks in
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future
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Governor Autumn who was represented by
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his Deputy engineer Benson abunu
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lamented the unending killing of benue
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people by the hertzman militia and the
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inability of security agencies to stop
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the armed herdsmen
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the governor spoke separately during the
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week at hadoka Center where those
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displaced from the attack are currently
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taking refuge and also at IMO Jedi the
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sin of the killings where he toured the
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deserted community and was shown fresh
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Graves of those killed by the herdsmen
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while appealing for calm and restraints
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Governor Autumn said the people should
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be security conscious and remain ever
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Vigilant to avoid being killed like
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chickens
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are people are protesting they are not
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carrying arms are shooting
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you are demonstrating peaceful protest
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but ters are shooting
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our peoples are law abiding citizens
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nobody is carrying any report nobody is
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carrying arms as you can see then oh
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nobody is carrying anything to hurt
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anybody but also just keep shooting and
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keep insulting the peaceful protest
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this is a country we want to make rights
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other people deserve better I would
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deserve peace in our land One Peace we
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are not asking for too much they should
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sign security to us this is all we are
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asking for we want more Securities our
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people are being killed on daily basis
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our women are being raped to death our
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children are killed our men are women
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they have been displaced when they are
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accessible homes we want them back to
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their houses run them back to their
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homes one piece in our land that is what
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we are asking for we are not asking for
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too much things chairman of otoko local
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government Council and an indigenous
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rights honorable Boko age whose
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biological son brother-in-law and nephew
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were killed by the herdsmen told
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Governor Autumn that the Wednesday
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killings took place after they had
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buried three of their people who were
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killed a day earlier by the terrorist
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herdsmen he disclosed that they had no
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problems with the herdsmen and wondered
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why they decided to attack his people in
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such a gruesome manner
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he thanked Governor Autumn and the
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Deputy Governor engineer abunu for
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responding immediately to their distress
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course
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he however called on the security
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agencies to increase their presence in
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the area to check the Menace of the
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herdsmen
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one of the high points of the visit to
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umajada was the discovery of a 45-year
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housewife in yuja who was believed to
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have been killed with others having not
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been seen for four days
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the highly emaciated new job was found
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unconscious in one of the deserted rooms
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Frozen by fear and unable to walk
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she was brought out and resuscitated to
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the Delight of the Deputy Governor her
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relations and the people around
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the Deputy Governor was accompanied on
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the visit by Canal pohemba who retired
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special advisor to the governor on
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security Lieutenant Kana obishir who
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represented the Brigade Commander for
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101 Special Forces Brigade makodi
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also there were the Deputy Chief of
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Staff to the governor honorable order
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able income and the member adoka slash
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abuji state constituency benue state
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House of Assembly honorable micro order
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