Residents of Benue were
recently murdered when armed herdsmen invaded Logo, Turan, Mbagber, Yonov,
Tombo, Varser and Anyin in Logo and Ukum local government areas of the state.
Immediate past Senate
President, Senator David Mark has urged the federal government to move swiftly
to end the continuing deadly attacks in Benue State by suspected Fulani
herdsmen.
In recent months, Benue has
been the epicenter of mass killings allegedly perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen
with hundreds, including women and children, believed to have been killed in
the bloodbath this year alone.
Reacting to the
deteriorating security situation in his home state on Wednesday, Mr Mark
decried the continued invasion of Benue communities by armed herdsmen.
“Enough of the blood bath.
Enough of this massacre. This war is senseless and needless. Why should we
continue to kill ourselves and destroy our hard-earned properties?” Mr. Mark
said in a statement by his media aide, Paul Mumeh.
“It is time federal
government steps in to salvage this situation. It has become too worrisome and
truly intolerable”, he added.
The former Senate president
said Benue state government must as a matter of urgency liaise with the federal
government to salvage the situation from deteriorating any further.
“Whatever the bone of
contention may be, resorting to taking another’s life cannot be a way out of
the quagmire. We must live like civilized human beings”, Mr. Mark stressed.
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