Benue attacks: 'Dem come guerrilla style and begin dey butcher pipo'

BBC News

03-06-2025

Di number of pipo wey don die from di attacks on Gwer West and Apa Local Goment Areas of Benue State don rise to ova 50 local authorities tok.
Suspected herdsmen attack residents of Tse-Antswam for Naka town, wey be headquarters of Gwer West LGA and Edikwu Ankpali for Apa local goment area of Benue state.
Tori be say many pipo die, as oda pipo run to save dia lives.
According to di Chairman of Gwer West Council Mr. Victor Ormin and di traditional council, Chief Daniel Abomtse bin confam say dem bin recover 21 deadibody on Sunday.
Chief Abomtse di Ter Nagi, tok say di attackers bin come in guerrilla style wen dem attack Tse Antswam. Im add say many pipo get different degree of injuries.
"In fact, di way dem butcher some of di pipo I doubt if dem go survive, we still dey search becos many pipo bin run inside bush wit gun wounds and some also enta inside well to escape di herdsmen," di monarch tok.
According to Chief Abomtse, di community wey dis attack happun dey directly opposite di military check point along Naka/ Makurdi road.
Edikwu record 37 deaths
Meanwhile for Edikwu Ankpali for Apa Local Goment Area, di causality figure hit na 37.
Di Chairman of Apa Local Goment Area, Adam Ogwola, wey confam di tori say dem still dey expect di number of death victims to increase as dem still dey search and dem dey see more deadbody. "Di attack dey devastating"
"Di pipo wey wound dey for general hospital already and dey get medical attention".
One community leader, John Ikwu also confam say dem bin see 25 deadbody on Sunday for Edikwu Ankpali.
Di community leader say time don reach wey dem go begin confront di jaguda pipo as im describe di killing as barbaric and unwarranted.
Im say na heartless killers dey attack dia communities evriday without control.
For statement wey di Benue State Police Command release on Monday, through dia tok-tok pesin Udeme Edet, dem say di Commissioner of Police, Emenari Ifeanyi don relocate di Area Commander to Apa.
Im also direct di tactical team to take over Naka as im deploy resources to flash points for di state including Apa and Gwer-west Local Goment Areas.
For police statement, dem tok say na ten and twelve pipo die for di two attacks and five odas bin dey hospital.
"For di last one month, personnel wey we post to dis areas don dey fight wit dis attackers and dem don suppress dem for most areas.
Unfortunately, dis bandits dey search for vulnerable pesins and attack dem, dem kill some pipo on 1st June, 2025."
Di CP dem redeploy personnel to cover up entries and exits to flash points.
In di last two weeks, tori about different type of death don full for social media and news channels.
Benue state na one of di flash points wey suspected herders dey attack communities and kill pipo.
For April, di number of death for Benue herdsmen attack on Logo and Gbagir rise to 56.
Even though di govnor bin don condemn dis attacks many times, e still dey happun.