Chemical Weapons Was Actually Used in Benue Killings - NAFDAC DG

The National Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii has made a public disclosure that substances suspected to be chemical weapons were actually used by he suspected Fulani Herdsmen in the killing of over 200 farmers in Benue State .

Informing the journalists yesterday, in Makurdi Orhii tasks the Federal Government to institute a probe into the alleged chemical killings in order to ascertain the type of poisonous substances used in the attack.

While donating relief materials to the displaced victims of the clashes between herdsmen and farmers at camps in Makurdi, the state capital and Guma Local Government Area of the state, the NAFDAC Boss sad, “I saw some of the chemical's canisters containing the chemicals that were used in killing the people; we have gathered them for analysis to actually know what they were."

He howeve opined that the herdsmen attackers were not the usual Fulani Herdsmen, as he said; "I still insist that the so-called Fulanis who are responsible for this carnage are not the normal Fulanis that we have been living with in a long time in Benue State."

“They are certainly not the Fulani herders who lived peacefully among the Tiv people; what we see happening in parts of the state is the handiwork of terrorists from outside this country,” Orhii stated.

Last weekend, the Benue state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Justin Amase, informed the general public that over 200 farmers in the state had been killed by Fulani Herdsmen with chemical weapons.


Also last week, 15 people were killed in Shengev community of Gwer West Local Government Area with chemical weapons.

The dead victims was reported to have sustained no injuries from any gunshots but was confirmed to have foams on their mouths.