No fewer than half a million persons from Benue state are still displaced due to Fulani herdsmen attack on the state in the past three years. Disclosing this at a press conference in Makurdi on Friday, the spokesman of the pan socio-cultural group in Benue state (comprises of Mdzough U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi Ny’Igede) stated that people of the state were still in search of 500 persons missing as a result of Fulani herdsmen attack. Ujege who attacked Miyeiti Allah for threatening to attack Benue state over the anti-open grazing law, however, called on federal government to arrest and prosecute the leadership of the splinter group. Till date, over five hundred persons are missing while over half a million youths people were displaced and the future of almost a million youths are truncated”. ALSO READ: Anti-grazing law: Herdsmen drag Benue govt to court

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 24, 2017 14:50 UTC