InformationNG: Death Toll In Benue Herdsmen Attack Rises To 59, State to Criminalising Cattle Grazing

The death toll from the attack on communities in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen has risen to 59, a lawmaker representing the constituency in the State House of Assembly, said on Sunday.

The herdsmen, said to number over 3000, spread across Turan council ward in Logo LGA and were moving round, destroying houses and farms between late Saturday night and early hours of Sunday.
The attack by the herdsmen reportedly left a large number of members of the community with varying degrees of injuries while several others were still reported missing and property worth millions of naira destroyed.

Despite Military Deployment, Herdsmen Still Invade and Kill six in Benue State

Benue state on Thursday evening witnesses another attack as the suspected Fulani Herdsmen ravaged Anyii community, the hometown of governor Gabriel Suswam and killing six people with several others injured.

While it could be recalled that the Nigerian Army deployed troops to Benue and other states where the suspected Fulani has been attacking communities, It was learnt that despite the Military presence in the affected areas, Fulani militants are still staging attacks.

The Fulani herdsmen who move in groups of about 100 in number also attacked Chembe, Ifer and Tse Gundu, Anawah settlement at Ukemberaga/Tswarev ward of Logo local government area of the State.

Reports from one of the residents who escaped the swords of the attackers confirmed that the marauders came into the communities in two groups. He said, “they came in two groups numbering over hundred; one of the groups came through Ikapa-Tse Gundu road to attack Chembe village while the other group emerged from a far route and bursting out at Achive compound.