Fulani herdsmen have accused the
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, of being the brain behind the endless
violence that has claimed several lives in the state.
The herders have also claimed that
they had lost no fewer than 134 of their colleagues and 11,915 heads of cattle
to the clashes in the last three months in Benue, Plateau and Taraba states.
The group, under the auspices of
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, attributed the crisis to the
governor whom, they claimed, declared war on them.
The National Vice-President of the
cattle breeders association, Alhaji Hussaini Bosso, told newsmen in Minna,
Niger State, that problem ensued in Benue State when Suswam announced that he
did not want them in the state.
He claimed that the development led
to the killing of their members in the three states.
According to him, in Benue State
alone, the association lost 82 herdsmen and 6,700 cattle and 43 Fulani and
4,682 in Plateau State.
He said, “All these atrocities were
perpetrated by Tiv people. To our surprise, the police were aware, but did not
do anything to avert the ugly developments. Not only that the Police felt
unconcerned about the matter, the respective governments of the affected states
did nothing.”
Bosso called on the governments of
the three states to, as a matter of urgency, bring to an end the killing of
innocent Fulani herdsmen.
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