Disturbed by the ceaseless attacks by armed herdsmen in their communities, hundreds of women, yesterday protested in Ugbokpo, the headquarters of Apa Local Government Area of Benue State, to demand an end to the killings and destruction in the area.
The placard-bearing women, who trooped out as early as 8am, marched through the streets of Ugbokpo, singing somber songs to express their grief over the loss of innocent lives in the attacks.
The protest followed last Sunday’s bloody incursions on Ijaha, Ibele, Ochekwu and Edikwu Ankpali communities by armed marauders, which reportedly claimed 28 lives and left several others injured.
Some of the protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as: ‘Fulani, stop killing our men’, ‘Apa is our land, not for Fulani’, ‘Apa, a community of widows’, ‘Government has failed us’, ‘Government, come to our aid or we die’, and ‘Fulani must go’, among others. (Vanguard)