incidents in Benue in what appeared to be a bloody yuletide in
the state following a clash between Fulani herdsmen and
native Tiv farmers at Agasha and a boat mishap on River
Buruku, in Buruku local government area.
Saturday Vanguard gathered that seven persons lost their lives
at Agasha, Guma local government area of the state in a fresh
skirmish between the natives and Fulani herdsmen.
A reliable source told Saturday Vanguard that the crisis
which erupted few days to Christmas spilled into yesterday,
leaving seven persons dead while property and farmland
worth millions of Naira were also destroyed.
"The crisis started just few days to Christmas when the
herdsmen invaded Nzorov and Gbajimba and from there they
moved to Agasha, burning and destroying anything in sight."
"About seven person may have so far been killed in the
fighting, we are yet to account for some missing persons, but
in the next few days, we should be able to come out with an
authentic figure of the dead." the source added.
Meantime, its all wailing and crying in Buruku, after about 40
persons were feared dead in a Boxing Day boat tragedy at
River Buruku when the wooden boat conveying them across
the river capsized at the middle of the river.
An aye witness told Saturday Vanguard that, the victims of
the mishap were young fun seekers; "They met their untimely
death while returning from a picnic on the other side of the
river.
"When they arrived the boarding point at about 8pm
yesterday, most of them were drunk, they boarded the canoe
and jam packed themselves in the wooden boat against the
advise of everyone including the driver that conveyed them.
"Unfortunately, the canoe could not make it to the other side
of the river, it capsized at the middle of the river; as I speak to
you, bodies of most of the victims are yet to be recovered
from the river. When contacted, the Benue State Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, Deputy Suprentendent, DSP, Daniel
Ezeala confirmed the death of seven persons in the Guma
crisis but pointed out that he was yet to get the full details of
the Buruku boat mishap.
Via: Vanguard
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