Residents of Yelwata in Benue State, on Monday, blocked the Makurdi-Abuja federal highway in protest over the killing of three people during an early morning attack.
According to reports, suspected armed herders invaded the community around 7 a.m., shooting sporadically and leaving three people dead and three others injured. In anger, the residents placed the corpses on the road, halting vehicular movement.
A youth leader, Achii Mathias, recounted the incident, saying, “The Fulanis again attacked our community (Yelwata) this morning around 7am and were shooting sporadically, and they killed three people and three others were injured. As I am talking to you now, the Security Adviser to the governor and Chairman of Guma LGA are here assessing the situation.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Benue State Police Command, DSP Udeme Edet, said she had yet to receive the report. “The moment I have the report, I will send it to you,” Edet stated.
Efforts to reach the Security Adviser, Joseph Har, and the Chairman of Guma LGA, Maurice Orwough, were unsuccessful as calls were dropped.
The latest attack comes less than two months after no fewer than 200 people were killed in a midnight assault on the same community on June 13.
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