Herdsmen: Insurgents have taken over Benue – Acting governor cries out
The Acting Governor of Benue State, Engr. Benson Abounu, has declared that the state is currently under siege by insurgents.
Engr Abounu, who spoke yesterday after an emergency security meeting at his office, saidBenue was at the moment under attack from all corners as insurgents had invaded the state, picking their targets at will and spilling blood everywhere.
The meeting followedTuesdayearly morning attack by bandits, suspected to be herdsmen on Ayar Mbalom, Gwer West local government area and the killing of 19 persons, including two Catholic priests, who were officiating the morning mass at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Gwer East.
The Acting Governor, who described the day as a dark one forBenuestate and its people, said, “The attack was a calculated one; well planned and well executed by the bandits who first attacked the church, killed the priests, a catechist and some parishioners, then went to a venue of a burial ceremony and killed some of the mourners.”
He said the attack on the church was a new dimension to the farmers/herdsmen crisis and one that needs a determined and appropriate response from the federal government and the security agencies the way insurgency in the North East is being tackled, adding that what they are experiencing today is insurgency.
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