Fulani herdsmen has 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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