BREAKING NEWS
Benue Killings: Group Accuse Military Of Aiding Fulani Herdsmen
The Independent Human Rights and Crime Monitoring
Group, IHRCMG, has accused the military of encouraging the influx of cattle
into Benue State.
The group said the military was aiding the herders
to take over Benue communities by violating the Open Grazing Prohibition Law of
the state.
Reeling out preliminary report on execution of
Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma to end herdsmen incursions in Benue State, yesterday,
in Makurdi, team leader of IHRCMG, Mr Solomon Adodo, regretted that the state
had witnessed more killings, destruction of farmlands and houses despite the
coming of the military.
According to the group, “Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatum is
causing more harm than good to Benue communities. Rather than bringing peace
and move people back to their ancestral homes, the military has been
encouraging more herdsmen to move into Benue communities.
“The military encouraged herdsmen with a handbill,
which they used at the launch of the exercise. They circulated the handbill
misinforming the general public and giving a perspective that was not true.
“And Federal Government appears to be complicit in
the Benue killings in all ramifications, the actions taken so far by the
government does not show any political will to end the killings.
“We, therefore, recommend that the military should
reassess its operations and sincerely help Benue to enforce the Open Grazing
Prohibition Law of 2017.”
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