Despite efforts by security agencies to stem the recurrent invasion of parts of Benue state by armed Fulani herdsmen, no fewer than 17 persons have been killed in Akough village in Guma local government area of the state by suspected Fulani mercenaries.
The armed herdsmen also razed Akough market, where some persons were also killed.
Also some members of insurgent group, the Joint Task Force (JTF) handed over to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state, in a confessional statement said that they used to spy for the sect on the movement of the JTF and that were paid N5,000 after any successful operatione yesterday.
Saturday Vanguard gathered from eyewitnesses that the armed attackers stormed the village three days ago at the early hours of the day, burning down houses and huts, leaving several persons dead while many others sustained varying degrees of injuries. The development has forced several hundreds of people to flee their homes for fear of being attacked in another onslaught.
Also, former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, counselled the Federal Government that dialogue with the members of Boko Haram sect and other aggrieved elements in the country remains the only solution to resolving the current impasse.
Alhaji Abubakar who made this known at the Rotary International Conference, organized by District 9125-Nigeria, at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, said, there was need to engage aggrieved groups in dialogue while taking decisive security measures to protect innocent people.
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