Tension is brewing as suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked and killed over 30 Igbo speaking indigenes of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State.
The Local Government Area Chairman, identified as James Oche, confirmed this in a Facebook post on yesterday, sharing videos and photos of the incident.
The suspected herdsmen were said to have attacked Ndigwe, Ataloga, Odokem, Ekile, Nduobasi, Ekpufu, Obakota, and other nearby villages in the LGA.
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He called on the people of the area to defend themselves, adding that the era of arms folding is over.
The LGA boss wrote, ‘Yesterday, no fewer than 30 Igbo speaking indigenes of Ado Local Government lost their lives to attacks by Fulani herdsmen and their mercenaries on Ndigwe, Ataloga, Odokem, Ekile, Nduobasi, Ekpufu, Obakota, and other nearby villages.
‘We have a situation of nearly 5000 internally displaced persons in addition to the destruction occasioned by the assailants. It took the concerted efforts of Operation Whirlstroke after we informed them, to repel the attacks.
‘The era of lip service and arms folding is over. The people of Ado must rise up to the occasion in self-defence. In whatever way possible, our people must be empowered to defend themselves. Enough of the killings, we are not cowards.’
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK