By Peter Duru, Makurdi
Two middle-aged males have been reportedly ambushed and killed of their farms by armed herdsmen at Goh village, Naka in Gwer West Native Authorities Space of Benue State.
It was gathered that the victims, one Monday Orlovuu and his good friend, have been attacked and killed Thursday afternoon by the marauders whereas harvesting their crops of their farms situated lower than 4 kilometers from Naka city, the Native Authorities Headquarters.
In accordance with sources, who recognized himself as Lanshim, the grotesque homicide of the duo got here lower than 48 hours after the armed herders had led their cattle to graze on folks’s farms and destroyed their harvests.
He stated it was out of concern of dropping their crops to the rampaging herders and their cows that the deceased moved into the farm to reap their crops.
“They wished to avoid wasting the crops they laboured so laborious to plant that was why they went to the farm to reap the crops however they didn’t make out alive.
“The armed herders stormed the farms on the time they have been working and attacked them. And sadly they may not save their crops and so they additionally misplaced their lives whereas making an attempt to salvage what they may from the farm.
“It’s moderately unlucky that this has change into the lot of our folks. We’ve been chased out of our communities and any try to go to our farmland to domesticate meals to feed our households is met with bloody assault.
“So how will we survive with our households after we can’t domesticate the land?
“The federal government should get these terrorists out of our communities as a result of there isn’t a means we are able to accommodate bloodthirsty killers in our land and fake that we are able to stay collectively.
“All they need is to chase us away and occupy our ancestral land and the federal government appears to be detached to what’s occurring to us.
“It would curiosity you to know that these killer herders murdered the younger males shortly after the Chairman of Gwer West visited the world to evaluate the preliminary destruction of individuals’s farmlands by the identical armed herdsmen. After grazing on folks’s farms they nonetheless killed two younger males who have been labouring of their farm.
“How lengthy would this proceed to occur to our folks? One thing must be accomplished urgently to avoid wasting our folks the ache and trauma they’re dwelling with,” he stated.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent, DSP, Udeme Edet couldn’t be reached.
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