Insecurity worsens as herdsmen killed over 150 in Plateau, Benue in 14 days
*13 slaughtered, many missing, 50 houses razed in fresh Benue attack *Mutfwang prohibits night grazing, transportation of cattle *Leave France, return home, Obi tells Tinubu *Tinubu must restore law and order in Plateau, Benue — Falana *We’re deeply pained over Plateau bloodshed — Northern Elders NO fewer than 144 persons have been killed by herdsmen in the two north central states of Plateau and Benue states in the last two weeks, as the blood-letting continued late Tuesday, with the killing of at least 13 persons, while scores of others sustained injuries, with over 50 houses razed. It would be recalled that within the period, 104 persons, comprising 52 in Bassa Local Government Area and another 52 in Bokkos LGA of Plateau State, were killed by the marauding herdsmen, while at least 40 were also killed in Benue State. In Benue, three persons were killed on April 3 when a Benue Links bus was ambushed at Ikobi community in Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, while on April 10, two farme...