Former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo, on Saturday arrived Makurdi, the Benue State capital, to condole with
the government and people of the state over recentq herdsmen attacks.
Recall that over 24 people were
recently killed in Omosu community following herdsmen attack.
President Muhammadu Buhari is
also expected to visit the state early next week.
Obasanjo was received at the
airport by the state Governor Samuel Ortom and other top government officials
in the state.
Not less than 158 persons have
been reported killed in the state as a result of sustained herdsmen attacks in
the state since the January 11th attack that led to a mass burial and protest
by youths in Makurdi, the state capital.
The former President is expected
to visit the mass burial grave site and also meet stakeholders at the
government house.
He is also expected to visit the
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp located in Agan Toll Gate, where
displaced residents of the state are taking refuge.
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