Over 3,000 Benue residents flee homes over armed herdsmen attack on neigbouring Ebonyi community

Over 3,000 Benue residents flee homes over armed herdsmen attack on neigbouring Ebonyi community

Over 3,000 Benue residents flee homes over armed herdsmen attack on neigbouring Ebonyi community

By Peter Duru

No fewer than 3,000 residents of Agila communities in Ado Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state have reportedly fled their homes and seeking refuge in other communities for fear of being attacked by Ngbo people of Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi state.

Chairman of Ado LGA, Mr. James Oche who made this known yesterday in a statement in Makurdi lamented that the fleeing residents had created an Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, situation in the area.

Vanguard gathered that the people were fleeing after the Ebonyi state government recently blamed the armed herdsmen attack on…

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