Few days after asking his people to show love to them, Fulani herdsmen attack Benue governor's community

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– Suspected Fulani herdsmen at the weekend attacked Tse-Wuaswem in Guma local government area of Benue state

– The local government is that of Governor Samuel Ortom

– The incident is coming few days after the governor declared his love for the herdsmen

Suspected Fulani herdsmen at the weekend attacked Tse-Wuaswem in Guma local government area of Benue state, where Governor Samuel Ortom is from.

The incident is coming few days after the governor declared his love for the herdsmen, as he urged the people of Benue and Nigerians as a whole to support herdsmen ranching to stop herdsmen invasion.

According to eye-witnesses who spoke to Thisday, the herdsmen killed six farmers, and injured several others, even as some of the locals have been declared missing since the attacks occured.

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Governor Ortom has been subjected to intense criticisms for failing to protect his people from the marauding herdsmen

Sole administrator of the area, Mr Joseph Apera, who confirmed the incident in a telephone conversation with journalists, said only one person was killed while three others were seriously injured.

Apera said the incident occurred at about 9pm. last Sunday, April 23 in Saav district while the people were asleep.

His words: “There was no provocation. They just came in, matcheted the person and ran away. Before then, there had been high influx of cattle in the

area.”

Fulani herdsmen have caused serious havoc across the country

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ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that Guma, the home of Ortom, has incessantly been attacked by herdsmen resulting in many deaths and destruction of property.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Yamu, disclosed that the police received a report from DGSA of Guma on April 24 that herdsmen killed somebody at Tse-Wasem village of Tsev district.

He said six herdsmen were arrested even as the case is under investigation.

Watch ZENITHBLOG.com’s video coverage on the herdsmen attack in Southern Kaduna below:

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