Suspected herders kill scores in Benue, weeks after MACBAN chief’s murder
Several people have been killed in fresh attacks by suspected armed herdsmen on communities in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, weeks after the killing of the state chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ardo Risku.
Although security agencies have not linked the latest attacks to Mr Risku’s killing, residents of the affected communities fear they may be reprisal attacks, given the timing and the heightened tensions that followed the murder.
Fears of reprisal The attacks have renewed fears of escalating violence in Benue South, with many residents linking them to the killing of the Benue State MACBAN chairman, Alhaji Ardo Risku Mohammed.
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