Nasarawa Tiv reportedly flee to Benue over suspected herdsmen attacks

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- Some Tiv indigenes in Nasarawa state are allegedly fleeing to Benue

- They are reportedly running to Benue for safety due to suspected herdsmen attacks

- Benue state governor appealed to the federal government to assist the IDPs camps in the state with relief materials

Tiv residents from Nasarawa state are reportedly trooping to Benue state, following alleged sustained attacks by suspected herdsmen.

The Nation reports that suspected herdsmen are said to have launched attacks on Tiv indigenes in Nasarawa state.

NAIJ.com gathered that the busy Lafia/Makurdi road has been overtaken by victims of herdsmen attacks who are heading towards Benue.

Areas mostly affected are Kadarko, Awe town and the border communities.

Women with children on their back were reportedly seen trekking long distances, looking tired and hungry.

Some of the children were half-naked, just as men carrying mattresses and personal belongings also fled.

A nursing mother, Juliana Uma, said her husband and two children were killed after suspected herdsmen attacked their village.

She said she doesn’t know where she was going, but just fleeing for her life.

“Since they killed my husband and children I have to run for my life,” she said.

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Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, said there are seven IDPs camps with over 100,000 people there. He, therefore, appealed to the federal government to assist with relief materials.

NAIJ.com previously reported that Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, paid a visit to Benue state to commiserate with the state over the death of 73 persons killed by people suspected to be herdsmen.

The Rivers governor, in the company of the Benue state governor, visited the graveyard of the dead.

Special assistant to the Rivers state governor, electronic media, Simeon Nwakaudu, disclosed this in a statement on Facebook on Wednesday, February 7.

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