Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have invaded 10 villages in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.
The lawmaker representing Agatu State Constituency, Mr. Godwin Edo, made this disclosure in Makurdi, the State capital.
He lamented that many of his constituents have deserted their homes and living like refugees in their own State.
The development followed days of renewed attacks by the hoodlums who attacked the affected communities from neighbouring Nasarawa State.
Edo called on President Bola Tinubu and the Sate Governor, Hyacinth Alia, to take make concerted efforts in putting an end to the carnage being perpetrated in Agatu land by armed herdsmen.
He listed some of the villages that had been sacked by the rampaging armed herders to include “Ejima Gega, Ejima Geche, Ogbumogbo, Okpokpolo and Ikpelle, Gefu all in Agatu West. While Ugboju Gube, Ocholonya villages have been sacked in Agatu North.”
The lawmaker who said he make attempt to access some of the villages but was advised by security personnel to discard the idea.
He said “security operatives have advised that I can only reach Ikpelle in Agatu West this morning as the armed herdsmen have occupied the other villages there so it is not safe for me and I can also reach Okokolo in Agatu North.”
The lawmaker bemoaned that residents of the affected communities had left their homes and scattered for safety in safer communities with relatives appealed for humanitarian intervention to provide succour for the victims of the attacks.
He said “our displaced persons at Agatu don’t gather at a location. They move to various villages to stay with their relatives and they are in dare need of support.”
