IDPs Block Makurdi-Lafia Highway, Protest Killing Of Seven By Herdsmen
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Abagana camp have blocked the Markurdi-Lafia Federal Highway protesting the recent killings by herdsmen and laying the corpses of the victims on the road.
The suspected herdsmen on Tuesday morning invaded Abagana IDP camp killing seven persons and injuring about 15 of them.
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom during a visit to the scene of the protest challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to rise up to the defence of vulnerable rural farming communities and Internally Displace Persons.
The governor also asked the President to allow them to acquire weapons to fight armed Fulani herdsmen following the attack on the camp.
He further asked the President to convene a National Security Summit to get the true picture of the killings allegedly attributed to the bandit.
According to eyewitness account during a massive protest along the Makurdi-Lafia federal highway, the armed herdsmen stormed the host community heading to the IDP camp and started shooting at the people killing seven and leaving many others injured at about 12.00am on Tuesday morning, warning that they will take to arms to defend themselves as the killings have become a shame.
