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Residents of Makurdi remained mournful on Thursday as bodies
of the victims of the Fulani herdsmen attacks of Jan. 1 and 2 on parts of Benue
were given mass burial.
Government offices, commercial banks, markets and schools were closed the state
capital in observance of the work-free day earlier declared by the State
Government in honour of the victims.
Corpses of victims of herdsmen killings in arrive IBB Square, Makurdi for
funeral rites
Gov. Samuel Ortom had also declared three days of mourning for the victims of
the attacks on communities in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of the
state. Some of the residents expressed worries over the incessant attacks on
farmers in the state and said that the acts were unhealthy for an agrarian
state like Benue. They told newsmen that there was need for peace to reign for
the growth and development of the state. Mr. Thomas Shima said that all hands
must be on deck to address the crises, adding, “we are mourning today; we still
don’t know tomorrow.” Shima appealed to the Federal Government to tackle the
security challenges in the country more vigorously. Mrs. Blessing Okoh noted
that only God and the federal government could stop the killings and called for
more prayers for the state and the nation.
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Residents of Makurdi
remained mournful on Thursday as bodies of the victims of the Fulani
herdsmen attacks of Jan. 1 and 2 on parts of Benue were given mass
burial.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/benue-killings-mukurdi-residents-mourn-victims-given-mass-burial/
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