Heavily-Armed Herdsmen Sighted Around Nasarawa Border – Benue Govt

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The Benue State Government said it has noticed an influx of some heavily-armed herdsmen at a border it shares with Nasarawa state.

The state’s Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, said an alarm raised by the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, prompted an investigation into the activities of the herdsmen.

Eko Hot Blog reported that Governor Sule, last week, briefed President Muhamamdu Buhari about the activities of Boko Haram insurgents along his state’s borders with Benue.

“There was a declaration by the Governor of Nasarawa State when he visited the Presidency that there is a deployment of Boko Haram insurgents to the boundary between Benue and Nasarawa state.

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“As a result of this, we in Benue State, using our security agencies, decided to swing into action to find out the truth or otherwise of that declaration.

“While we are still investigating, we have been able to ascertain the fact that there appears to be a massive deployment of herdsmen with their cattle on the brink of River Benue but on the Nasarawa State bank.

“And we also observed that a good number of these herdsmen are heavily armed; many of them with Ak-47 rifles.

“As if this was not enough, we have been able to apprehend a good number of them in a village called Kaseyo, Guma local government of Benue State.

“On the 23rd of January, 150 cows belonging to these herdsmen were apprehended,” Abounu told journalists.