Senator urges security agencies to intervene in Benue killings
(Nigeria) Senator representing Benue South district, Abba
Moro, has called on security agencies in the country to, as a matter of
urgency, intervene in the killings of natives by suspected herdsmen in four
communities in Benue South senatorial district.
The lawmaker made the plea during plenary on Wednesday after
raising a point of order to draw the attention of the upper chamber to recent
killings in Ado Local Government Area of the state.
Coming under Order 43 of the Senate Rules, Senator Moro
bemoaned what he described as “a violent rising wave of Fulani Herdsmen attacks
in the Benue South Senatorial District of Benue State”.
According to him, “the menace has spread like wildfire which
poses a great threat to the continued peaceful existence of Communities in Benue
South region.
“Notes further with grave pain that, on May 30, 2021,
Odokem, Ataloga, Ndigwe and Nduobasi Communities of Ado Local Government Area
in Benue South Senatorial District were invaded by suspected Fulani herdsmen,
who were heavily armed and over 100 natives were gruesomely murdered with
several victims lying critically ill in different places of treatment.
“Sadly note again that, there have been recurring terror
attacks on farmers and natives of the Benue South Senatorial District over the
years by these herders, which attacks have been perpetually carried out with
impunity with no suspect arrested by relevant agencies or operatives for proper
action.
“One of such attacks again occurred in Odoke and
Ezza/Effium Communities of same Ado Local Government Area which resulted
in people fleeing their homes to neighboring communities and consequently the
establishment of Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps at Igumale and Apa-Ugogzu
of the senatorial district in fear of further attacks.
“Worried that as at the time being, no cogent intervention
or panacea to tackling this ugly thread of Fulani Herdsmen attacks on Benue
South Constituents has come out from any quarter at any level whatsoever.
Accordingly, Senator Moro urged the National Emergency
Management Agency to quickly mobilize resources and rehabilitation materials to
victims of the attack and those in the IDP Camps to ameliorate and cushion the
effects of the crisis on the people.
He further urged the Ministry of Defense and relevant
Security agencies to mobilize focal persons to the affected areas to patrol until peace and
calmness returns to the area.
The Senate, thereafter, held a minute silence to honour the victims of recent attacks.
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