The perennial attack
by Fulani herdsmen on Benue communities Friday reared its head again as two
teenage girls were reportedly slaughtered and a third inflicted with
life-threatening injuries by a group of armed men suspected to be Fulani
herdsmen at Zongo village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state.
The latest killing,
which is generating lots of tension in Makurdi town, came few months after the
resolution of the bloody conflict between Benue farmers and Fulani herdsmen,
which claimed hundreds of innocent lives and property across five local government
areas of the state.
It was gathered that
the three girls, yesterday, left their homes in the North Bank area of Makurdi
town, in search of firewood in the bush when the group of armed men allegedly
waylaid and attacked them.
They were said to have
inflicted machete cuts on the girls, killing two on the spot while the third
later escaped after the attackers mistook her for dead.
According to a
source, “the third girl, Jergba, who luckily escaped with her life, ran back to
the village in a pool of blood and was instantly rushed to a public hospital in
Makurdi where she is currently receiving treatment after which the Police was
alerted.”
When contacted, the
Benue State Police spokesman, Superintendent, SP, Daniel Ezeala, confirmed the
attack, stressing that the leader of the gang, one Adul Ibrahim, has been
arrested by the Police
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