Outrage As Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kills 36 People In Benue

Suspectd Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed at least 36 residents including students of the College of Education in Katsina Ala, Benue State.

According to SaharaReporters, the Fulani herdsmen stormed Shikaan Mbagena Kpav, a TIV community, in the early hours of Thursday, and carried out the massacre.

There are conflicting figures of casualties as some believed the attackers might have killed up to 100 residents.

The incident has sparked outrage among Nigerians on social media who are retweeting a hashtag, #BenueUnderAttack, and lamenting the ineptitude of the federal government and security agencies to address the situation of the killer herdsmen.

See some of the reactions on Twitter below:

look at innocent Benue people massacred by Fulani.This massacring keeps happening overtime and president buhari is mute about it.The day Benue rise up against fulani,fulani soldiers would begin bombardment on benue people. Maiduguri president buhari teams sokoto aunty Kate biafra pic.twitter.com/Jr5I3kMmy4

— Oji ọfọ ga-ala (@kaylayechi) May 27, 2021

What have our parents done wrong that they haven’t been able to correct?

What have our brothers & sisters done wrong that they deserve such heartless and inhuman deaths as purnishment?

What have we done wrong that the govt. and law enforcement agency have left us to our fate?

— GANDOKI OF BENUE 🇳🇬 (@terhembatsepav) May 21, 2021

https://twitter.com/iam_doctormayor/status/1398165292300242944?s=20

If you see any Post with #BenueUnderattack , you don’t have to say anything or do anything just Retweet! The world needs to see the Genocide going on in Benue, Nigeria.

— Chlorpheniramine #OBIdients 🇳🇬 (@VictorIsrael_) May 28, 2021

Ortom needs to know that terrorists have opened a war on his people and he has to prepare his people to fight and protect themselves. Make we forget all the English wey we dey speak here. All of us dey mad! They are killing innocent Christians in Benue State #BenueUnderAttack

— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) May 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/one_dosh/status/1398152387118907397?s=20

Nigeria don't have a President. That Man in Aso Rock is not our President. Nigeria is Bleeding, Our Mothers, Sisters, Fathers are being Killed daily. Please we need help @CongressmanRaja 🙏🙏

Ghost | Wizkid | Genocide | Dubai Southern Kaduna | Igbos | Burna #BenueUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/qSbp6Z33cH

— #BBTitans💥 (@BlogKiki_) May 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/onlykwaffy_/status/1398147519247437824?s=20

https://twitter.com/timiPR/status/1398157844516585472?s=20

Benue state and some parts of the south east are under attack and the government and our news agency are saying nothing about it. Fulani herdsmen keeps wasting innocent lives daily but the government choose to send military men to Biafra land. What a pity#BenueUnderAttack nnpc pic.twitter.com/1ArVnky3SI

— GREAT~TONY™ 🇨🇦🇳🇬 (@Great_Tony1) May 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/KatorTarkaa/status/1398143753072824324?s=20

Over 150 people have been killed in Benue in the last 7 days by Armed Fulani Herdsmen.

There is a systematic genocide going on in the middle belt of Nigeria and it is largely under reported.#BenueUnderAttack#Genocide pic.twitter.com/hlgcozQ5kG

— BTTV (@bttv_studios) May 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/onlykwaffy_/status/1398144027925569536?s=20

This comes just a few days after Governor Samuel Ortom has asked Benue people to pick up weapons not prohibited by law for self-defense against Fulani herdsmen.