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Tiv youths declare ‘war’ on herdsmen, give them 48hrs to leave Benue

Apparently worried by the continued attacks and killing of innocent people of the state, the National leadership of the Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO) on Saturday urged Benue youths of Tiv extraction to resort to self-defense to checkmate rising cases of attacks and killings.

Besides, the organisation has given the normadic herders “48 hours to relocate from the state and threatened that any of them seen upon the expiration of the ultimatum shall be outrightly eliminated”.

National President-elect of the organisation, Mr. Timothy Hembaor disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi, the state capital.

Hembaor expressed grief that after concerted efforts by the TYO with the aim to achieving peace, the herdsmen had continued to launch their heinous acts against unsuspecting Tiv farmers which it noted has made the call for self-help inevitable.

“The Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO), urges Tiv Youth to as a matter of urgency emback on self-defense following rising cases of attacks on their communities by Fulani terorists in recent days,” he said.

He regretted the gruesome murder of about 10 persons in Kwande Local Government Area by the marauding killer herdsmen as well as at Mbawa in Guma Local Government Area where the wife of a monarch and his six in-laws were raped by the herders.

(Credit: New Telegraph)

Ben Idah

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