A woman who lost her family members when notorious Fulani herdsmen invaded the community has narrated how the evil act was executed and how she escaped the clutches of death.
Houses burnt down as Fulani herdsmen invaded Agatu village killing many
It was tears for Mrs Kasuwa Gabriel as she narrated the touching story of how she escaped death from the hands of notorious fulani herdsmen who killed many from Agatu community in their numbers. The woman told her story how her son a medical doctor and all her family members was massacred during a conflict that engulfed in Agatu community in Benue state.
She gave God thanks for sparing her life. Narrating her ordeal during a town hall meeting organized by 1 Idoma Initiative in Abuja, during the weekend Mrs Gabriel recalled that herdsmen had on several occasion killed anyone who challenged them while using their crops to feed their cattles.
Mrs Gabriel said: “As I stand here, I do not have even a family member or relation left. The dress I am putting on was given to me at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Otukpo, Benue state. I am finished. I have lost everything.
“On that fateful day, I was farming on our family’s farmland when some herdsmen approached us and chased me and other women from the farm. We ran home to tell our husbands that the Fulani herdsmen are back again.
“My husband said: Why will that happen? Why are they wasting our crops?
“Just within few minutes, the herdsmen using guns and other weapons, overpowered and killed anyone who confront them, chasing us out of our homes."
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, who is
also a native of Idoma said efforts are being made to ensure that the crisis is addressed.