Victims of the recent massacre in Benue State have spoken about how they were attacked by no less than 300 rampaging Fulani herdsmen.
According to report, one of the victims, a 23-year-old woman named Chinyere Uduka, disclosed that the assailants invaded their home, inflicting machete cuts on them while shooting sporadically.
She said, “My name is Chinyere Uduka. I am from Nwori village, Nwaobasi community in the Ado Local Government Area of Benue State. I am 23 years old.
“It was in the morning of Sunday, May 30, 2021, at exactly 3.30 am in the morning. I and all my sisters were all asleep and what I heard was a serious bang on the door and when I opened my eyes I saw flashings of torchlight, very many of them.
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“Before I knew what was happening, they started inflicting machete cuts on us and it was then that we started jumping from windows and as I was running, they started shooting and they shot me in the legs.
“That’s why I’m here in the hospital. I can’t walk now. The Fulani herdsmen that attacked us, are up to 300.”
A second survivor, 13-year-old Udaga Lebechi, told the news outlet that her father and three siblings were murdered in the attack on their community.
“It was the Fulani people that attacked us at Odoke community in the Ado Local Government Area of Benue State.
“It was around 3 am on Sunday morning. They came numbering more than 300 of them and started cutting us with their cutlasses.
“I and three of my siblings were attacked. I am 13 years old. They killed many people from my community and many of our kindreds are still missing. They killed my father and my three little ones.”
Another victim, Steven Nwali, added: “My name is Steven Nwali. I’m from Ishieke Obakotara in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, but I’m based in Odoke community in Ado Local Government Area of the state. But we are neither in Benue State nor in Ebonyi State.
“I am 34 years old and it’s was on May 30, 2021, when herdsmen attacked the community at about 2.30 am on that Sunday. They were more than 300 of them. They killed our people, and in fact, they killed more than half of the population of the community.
“Currently, you can see I can’t walk or sit down, because of the bullet wounds on my body now. It’s a terrible situation. Government should intervene.”
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