Crisis As Fulani Herdsmen And Benue Farmers Clashes

 New crisis has broken out between Fulani herdsmen and Benue farmers,Five Benue farmers have been reported dead and several others injured ,Most residents of the disturbed community have fled their homes

A new crisis between Fulani herdsmen and Idoma farmers at Okpokwu local government in Benue on Tuesday, January 3, has left no less than five people dead and several others injured.

According to sources, an eyewitness, who craved anonymity said that the herdsmen besieged the area on Tuesday with a large number of their cows which grazed indiscriminately on farmlands in the community.

The eyewitness said: “Our people went to their farms on Tuesday morning only to discover a large number of cows and herdsmen grazing and destroying their farms.

“The people tried to stop them but the herdsmen resisted them and in the process attacked and inflicted many of the farmers with machete wounds.

“The people were forced to flee their farms, and later today (Wednesday, January 4, 2017,) they mobilised youths of the community to chase the herdsmen out of their farms not knowing that the invaders were armed with sophisticated weapons.