Tension has gripped Yelwata community in Benue State after
gunmen reportedly people in the early hours of Monday.
Eyewitnesses said the renewed attack triggered a protest by
local women, who took to the streets demanding that soldiers stationed in the
area be withdrawn to their barracks.
The aggrieved residents also called for immediate
transportation to Makurdi, insisting they no longer feel safe in the community.
“They should take us to Makurdi because the government
cannot protect us,” one protester said.
The attack is coming barely two months after gunmen,
believed to be herders, on June 13, stormed the community and killed between
200 people, including internally displaced persons, with many burned alive
during a night of brutal violence
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