Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue
state, has imposed a curfew on Gboko in Gboko local government area of Benue
state, where seven persons, suspected to be herdsmen, were set ablaze.
The incident sparked tension in
the town.
Commenting on the incident, Moses
Yamu, spokesman of the police in the state, said “irate youth” from the town
carried out the attack.
“It was a skirmish at the Gboko
Central Motor Park. The police immediately mobilised to the park but on getting
there, we found that seven male adults, whose identities are yet to be
ascertained, but believed to be Fulani by tribe, had been attacked, murdered
and their bodies set ablaze by some irate Gboko youth in and around the motor
park,” he said in response to inquiries by TheCable.
TheCable reports that some of
the victims came to the park to board vehicles to Okene in Kogi state, while
some were on their way to Taraba.
Fatai Owoseni, the state
commissioner of police, said some persons sustained injuries in the attack.
In a statement by Tahav Agerzua,
spokesman, of Ortom the governor directed security agencies to man all
strategic location in the town to prevent a break down of law and order.
The governor appealed to the
residents to comply with the curfew, adding that those exempted were essential
workers with “convincing” identification.
While addressing journalists at
the state police command headquarters in Markurdi, the state capital, Owoseni
said the police had made some arrests regarding the incident.
He also said those arrested were
currently being interrogated and helping in investigations.
“It is a pure act of criminality
which has no ethnic or religious colouration,” Owoseni said.
“Those behind the dastard act
will be apprehended and dealt with according to the law of the land.”
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Any thing wey una eye see Na una find am I wish you people good luck oh.Please this time around don't call the government for help.
ReplyDeleteVery bad. Jungle justice is not acceptable. By the way what's the offence of this Fulani victims? The report says they are travelling. So why the attack?
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