JUST IN: Armed Herdsmen Sack Benue State Community, Kill Scores Of Residents, Four Soldiers, Burn Houses

Armed Fulani herdsmen have attacked yet another Benue State community, killing scores of residents including four Nigerian soldiers and burning down villages.

SaharaReporters reliably gathered on Monday that the attack took place on Sunday at Iyer village in Uvir Council Ward in Guma local government area of the state.

Community sources told SaharaReporters that the terrorists Fulani herdsmen invaded the community at about 5pm on Sunday and opened fire on the residents.

Many people according to sources were burnt alive inside their houses.

One of the sources, who gave his name simply as Barnabas told SaharaReporters that the four soldiers who were killed, came to the community after they received distress calls to repel the attackers but they were outgunned by the herdsmen numbering over 50.

"This is seventh times Fulani herdsmen would be attacking communities in Guma local government area in one month. This very attack happened at about 5pm yesterday (Sunday) Fulani herdsmen with suspected Nigeria soldiers accompanying them launched an attack in Iye village in Uvir council Ward, Guma local government of Benue State. They killed several people including four soldiers. Ten bodies have been discovered and so many houses have been burned."

Another source who did not want his name to be mentioned in print, decried the instant killing of residents and burning of the corpses.

SaharaReporters reported on May 11 that Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed no fewer than 28 people in renewed attacks on Mbawa Council Ward in Guma Local Government area of Benue State, North Central Nigeria.

Sources had told SaharaReporters that tens of people had been gruesomely killed by the jihadist terrorists’ herdsmen in the local government area in recent months.

Meanwhile, SaharaReporters’ efforts to get the reaction of the Benue police command were unsuccessful as the Command's spokesperson, CSP Sewuese Anene, did not take calls.

https://saharareporters.com/2023/05/22/just-armed-herdsmen-sack-benue-state-community-kill-scores-residents-four-soldiers-burn

What is both the state governor and the president of the country waiting for to fully swing into action. Do they need to take permission Frm anybody ?

ortom is planning to return in 2027 using the same strategy

North Central is not safe.

Ok

APC party of youloba muouslems causing hazard all over the nation

The funny part is that, Benue and plateau people stood at the fore front, fought to keep this failed contraption as one, today they're paying heavily with their blood...

When I read news like this, I get angry about this country called Nigeria. Killings have no consequences anymore!

Plateau

Benue

Nigeria is a nonsense country...no security of life

Gun down 4 Soldiers with ease?

Nigerian Soldiers should be equipped with rocket propelled grenade in this circumstance.

too bad
buhari don handover

MadamExcellency:
Gun down 4 Soldiers with ease?

Nigerian Soldiers should be equipped with rocket propelled grenade in this circumstance.

God forbid those ba*stard terrorists kill ordinary Ghanain soldiers and not neutralized within 24hrs but here is Nigeria,it will be swept under the carpet because they are a privileged terrorist group. The people of middlebelt must wake up and create internal security system to protect theirselves from this genocide going on.As it is, there seems to be every need for balance of terror for this nonsense to stop. If you want peace,you must be ready for war..... The Isreali model must be adopted.

MadamExcellency:
Gun down 4 Soldiers with ease?

Nigerian Soldiers should be equipped with rocket propelled grenade in this circumstance.

Your Nigeria soldiers are only good in killing peaceful protesters.

All the state governor should be hold responsible, from Benue to taraba even jos

Why are Yorubas not showing concern for benue people?





Just remove benue,add East and see them Start showing fake care and love

Last elections showed the middle belt are at ready. Bunch of idiots


They should read y Gideon orkah was executed . And y Gen danjuma tho alive is now as quiet as a mouse. He and gowon seem to have lost thier voices. After they realised what they did to themselves. It will take up to 30 yrs for the idiots/waste of space currently occupying middle belt to know what they re doing to themselves.



Fulani will never take over Nigeria. They will keep advancing till they meet men that will kill them like chickens


I don’t even know the last time I heard of Fulani menace in the east. They have since learn the hard way

Danger of dangerous diversity.
Because of this dangerous diversity, Benue state people can't form one front.
Tiv,Idoma, etc don't care if there neighbors rot.

Una know the solution but keep fooling una selves.

lordkush:
Last elections showed the middle belt are at ready. Bunch of idiots


They should read y Gideon orkah was executed . And y Gen danjuma tho alive is now as quiet as a mouse. He and gowon seem to have lost thier voices. After they realised what they did to themselves. It will take up to 30 yrs for the idiots/waste of space currently occupying middle belt to know what they re doing to themselves.



Fulani will never take over Nigeria. They will keep advancing till they meet men that will kill them like chickens


I don’t even know the last time I heard of Fulani menace in the east. They have since learn the hard way

They're coming to the east but it will be all out war and the winner will take it all
In my village every guy has gotten odeshi inside body waiting for the D-day.

You won’t see Tinubu Owambe boys foaming in the mouth here since it’s not Anambra.

Yeye people 😏

I really pity benue and they voted this government.

I really don't know how where help can come for a state that voted apc at state and federal level

I will rather sit at home on Monday than this. Thank you ESN

These Bunue and Platue state indigenous people stood, fought, and killed the igbos during the Biafran war thinking that the Nigerian Fulani’s will reward them, Ofcourse they’re getting their well deserved reward

Nice one Fulani’s 👍🫡

Don’t stop killing them until they loose three times the number of people killed during the Biafran war

The only state that likes to die without any sort of revenge.

I pity una.