The leaders of three main tribes of Benue State under the aegis of Mzough U Tiv, MUT, Ochetoha K’Idoma, OKI, and Omi Ny’ Igede, ONI, have bemoaned the recent killings in the state and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security in the country without further delay.
Speaking in Makurdi, the leaders, through their Chairman and President General of Mzough U Tiv, World Wide, Chief Iorbee Ihagh, insisted that the President must act fast because the people of the state have had enough of the killings of their loved ones by armed herdsmen.
The leaders who were reacting to the recent killings in parts of the state warned that “the killings in Benue State are getting out of hand. Though we have a President in the country but it does not look like we have one. Just within two days 86 persons were killed by Fulani herdsmen in Benue and within one week they killed about 120 people in the state.
The Fulanis are allowed to carry AK47 to defend themselves, what about the farmers.
