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70 civilians killed, 100 missing after soldiers’ attack – Benue group

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The indigenes of Mbator in Shangev-Tiev of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State have alleged that no fewer than 70 persons have allegedly been killed by Nigerian soldiers in retaliation for an attack on some soldiers.

The attack has left residents bewildered as to why Benue has become the hub of various attacks and subsequent bloodshed in the last couple of months.

WuzupNigeria reports that the soldiers were deployed to Bonta village in Konshisha LGA and the Okpute-Ainu in Oju LGA following renewed hostilities among the people.

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The two communities has experienced several decades of land tussle.

However, gunmen suspected to be part of a local militia group allegedly ambushed and killed one Nigerian Army officer and 10 soldiers.

Speaking on Friday during a press conference in Makurdi, Benue, a group known as Shangev-Tiev Assembly (STA), accused the military of destroying at least 15 other communities in retaliation.

One Elder Tyoh Jude said:

“The army has so far razed and demolished farms, schools, hospitals and residences of Bonta, Tse-Jembe, Tse-Anyom, Gbinde, Mbaakpur, Aku, Agidi, Gungul, Adoka, Guleya, Awajir, Shiliki, Achoho and Ullam in Gwer Local Government Area, and are still planning to do same to other neighbouring towns within Konshisha LGA.

“Our unarmed people are being killed intentionally in large numbers by armed personnel of the Nigerian Army. Presently, over 70 persons are reported dead and more than 100 people are missing, mostly women, children and the elderly and hundreds of thousands displaced with its attendant humanitarian consequences.”

The group called on the Federal Governments to order the military to stop the ongoing killings of their people with immediate effect.

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They urged the Benue State government to ensure that the land under dispute is amicably demarcated.
STA also demanded that a panel of enquiry should be set up to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the crises and the roles of the military.

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