House Of Reps Condemn Chemical Attacks In Benue By Fulani Herdsmen

Nigerian  House of Representatives, on Thursday, under Matters of Urgent Public Importance condemned the alleged use of chemical weapons and other forms of attacks on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen that have left many dead and others displaced.

Chairman of Committee on Women Affairs, Christina Alaaga,  directed the Department of State Security (DSS), the Army and the Nigeria Police to expose  those behind the incessant  killings of the innocent peoples and bring them to book. 

The Nigerian Army as since deployed troops and officers to the troubled areas which covered three states of Nasarawa, Benue and Kastina.

The troop in a fire for fire encountered with the Fulani Herdsmen , yesterday, killed over fifty of the suspected attackers in Keana local government area of Nasarawa state.

Alaaga also urged the security agencies to ensure adequate security along the Makurdi-Nakka federal highway. 

House called on National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to urgently provide relief materials to victims of the attacks.

The Federal Government has also been called upon to compensate farmers who have lost their crops and other sources of livelihood.

Alaaga had, while briefing the House on the development, lamented that “there have been these attacks by suspected herdsmen across Nigeria, with the North Central geopolitical zone being the worst hit,” disclosing that the herdsmen numbering over 200 laid siege on Agena, Mbatsada and Sengev communities in Gwer East and Gwer West local government areas of Benue State on the day of the recent attacks, killing 20 people and rendering over 500 homeless.