THE recurrent crisis and killings in Agatu local government area of Benue State, between Fulani herdsmen
and the natives which have in recent time led to the sacking of more than 28 riverine villages in the area, got to a head last Sunday with the sacking of Egba community and killing of over 100 persons in one fell swoop. The casualty figure in the latest crisis, which is the heaviest in the history of the unending skirmishes, has elicited shock and angry reactions across the country.
The reason for this may not be farfetched considering that most of the casualties were women and children who were either shot or hacked by the marauding herdsmen. It is believed that the
number of those killed may well exceed the official figure annoinced since many more bodies were still being recovered from the village, while many were still missing and unaccounted for.
and the natives which have in recent time led to the sacking of more than 28 riverine villages in the area, got to a head last Sunday with the sacking of Egba community and killing of over 100 persons in one fell swoop. The casualty figure in the latest crisis, which is the heaviest in the history of the unending skirmishes, has elicited shock and angry reactions across the country.
number of those killed may well exceed the official figure annoinced since many more bodies were still being recovered from the village, while many were still missing and unaccounted for.
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