3 feared dead as suspected Fulani mercenaries invade Benue community

No fewer than three persons were feared dead yesterday when suspected
Fulani mercenaries attacked Ejima community in Agatu local government
area of Benue state.
The fresh attack also left several houses and farmland destroyed while
many of the natives have reportedly fled their homes for fear of being
killed by the marauders.
Saturday Vanguard gathered that the invaders who laid siege on the
community, marched into the villages in their hundreds from
neighboring Nasarawa state.
This fresh attack came on the heels of the last bloody fighting
between the herdsmen and natives where over 33 lives were reportedly
lost.
Confirming the renewed crisis, the member representing Agatu state
constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Alhaji Audu Sule
told journalists in Makurdi that the fresh attack occurred in the
early hours of yesterday when the villagers were preparing to go to
their farms."
According to the lawmaker, "hundreds of Fulani mercenaries were
hired by the Fulani invaders who have been attacking several
communities in my local government area and we hear that they are
planning to launch further attacks from neighboring Nasarawa state."
Sule who lamented the persistent attack on his constituents by Fulani
herdsmen urged security agencies in both Benue and Nasarawa states to
step up the patrol of the border communities to avert further
bloodbath in parts of Benue state.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Deputy
Superintendent Daniel Ezeala said he was yet to receive details of the
fresh attack but added that the Commissioners of Police, Adams Audu
had since deployed well armed policemen to the crisis area to
maintain peace