Herdsmen strike in Benue again, kill 30 people in Idoma community

No fewer than 30 persons in various Igbo speaking communities of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State have been killed by suspected herdsmen.

The attackd occurred in the early hours of Sunday May 30th, 2021.

IDOMA VOICE gathered that the villages attacked were Ndigwe village, Ataloga village, Odokem, Ekile village, Nduobasi village, Ekpufu and Obakota villages.

It took the timely intervention of the Operation Whirlstroke Military Outfit, having been called by the Chairman to repel further attacks.

Confirming the development, James Oche, the Executive Chairman of Ado Local Government of Benue State charged the people of the local government to rise up in self defense of their lives. He has said, the era of remaining arms-folded in the face of annihilation was over.

Mr. Oche stated this in a media chat with journalists yesterday in Igumale while reacting to the killing of over 30 persons in various Igbo speaking communities of Ado Local Government.

Similarly, the chairman has expressed concern over the growing number of internally displaced persons (IDPS) under his domain and has said the figure has risen from 2000 to nearly 5000 yesterday.

Meanwhile our source gathered that, this morning the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom directed the Whirlstroke team to comb the nearby forests in order to arrest the perpetrators and bring them to book.