Following incessant reports of killings allegedly carried out by herdsmen in Benue State, hundreds of youths in the state have taken to the streets of the capital city, Makurdi to protest.
They are using the protest to call the attention of president Muhammadu Buhari to do something about the issue.
The aggrieved youths display placards calling on the president to act or lose votes from the region or totally resign if there is nothing he can do about the killings.
The protest follows the most recent attack in which about 33 people were reported killed by herdsmen after they invaded parts of the Guma and Logo Local Government Areas of the state on New Year’s Day.
The attacks, which spilled over to Tuesday, came on the heels of the implementation of the anti-open grazing law, which the Fulani herdsmen considered detrimental to their means of livelihood.
Killings in the Northcentral state was intensified and gained more reportage in 2015. Herdsmen believed to be Fulani have been accused of the killings.
See some photos from the protest.
