The people of Egba village in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue
State have given gory details of how the suspected Fulani herdesmen
invaded their community in the early hours of Sunday, killing several
persons, including babies.
The member representing Agatu/Apa in the state House of Assembly,
Sule Audu, told newsmen in Makurdi yesterday, that the invaders on that
fateful day, initially resorted to hacking their victims down with
machetes.
He said herdsmen killed several people in this manner, before they
later started shooting sporadically to kill more people, adding that
they grabbed many babies from their mothers’ backs and sliced their
throats after which they also killed the women.
“One of the women whose three-year-old child was snatched from her
back is presently being treated at a hospital after she escaped with
machete wounds. Our boys later found the mutilated body of her child in
the bush yesterday,” the lawmaker said.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Leave a comment