The marauders who sacked six council wards in the attack
also killed a 70-year-old woman, one Tyobam at Terhule
Antarctic village where she had gone to visit her daughter.
The latest attack which lasted two days came on the heels
of a similar attack early in the week, where three villages,
including the ancestral home of the paramount ruler of the
Tiv nation, Tse-Torkula was sacked by the invaders in
Guma local government area of the state.
"Our communities have been taken over and we are
helpless; the last two days have witnessed unwarranted
killings and destruction of property. I can tell you without
mincing words that over 35 persons may have been killed
in this renewed attack," an anonymous source told
Vanguard.
"Houses, huts farmland and economic trees have all been
destroyed , people are fleeing their abode, and the most
painful part of it all is that the popular Makurdi-Naka road
is no more safe for commuters and motorists alike because
innocent road users are daily shot on that road," the source
said.
The Gwer West local government council secretary, Mr.
Mark Dewua who spoke to journalists yesterday in
Makurdi, the state capital, on the renewed clashes lamented
that Naka, the council headquaters was gradually being
deserted.
State Governor Gabriel Suswam had earlier in the week
raised the alarm over the persistent attack on Benue
villages, calling on security agencies to safeguard people's
lives.
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