There was an outburst of anger and outrage in Benue State few days ago when news of the slaughter of two teenage girls by a 20-year-old Fulani herdsman at Zongo village, Mabala Council Ward in Makurdi, the state capital, filtered into town.
The unprovoked killing which generated palpable tension in Makurdi town in particular, would have snowballed into another round of bloodbath between Benue farmers and Herdsmen in the state but for the quick intervention of the newly posted Police Commissioner, Mr. Hyacinth Dagala and Governor Gabriel Suswam which calmed frayed nerves.
The swift action of the duo also led to the arrest of the suspected principal suspect who after intense interrogation by the police, gave vivid account of what transpired and how he also inflicted serious injuries on another female member of the family.

The only survivor of the attack, 14-year-old Jirgba Nyeshilea, who is currently in intensive care at a public hospital in Makurdi, also gave account of her ordeal and how her sisters were slaughtered.

HOW IT HAPPENED
As Nyeshilea wept uncontrollably, she narrated how she accompanied her two sisters aged 15 and 18 to fetch firewood at Zongo village in Mabala Council Ward of Makurdi five days ago. According to her, while in the bush,we met the suspect, a Fulani herdsman who asked if we saw any man passing by. “We told him that we did not see anybody, he then asked us to follow him......

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We were forced to follow him
out of fear, we trekked with him to a point
where we saw another two of his
colleagues. That was where they all asked
us to lie down. But we were scared.
“They eventually forced my two sisters
down and two of the men raped them, but
they did not rape me. After raping them,
they started cutting them with their knives
until they killed them. At that point, I
started running and shouting for help, but
one of them came after me and cut me with
a knife and I fell down.
“I passed out for sometime and in my pool
of blood, they thought I was dead, but
luckily, when they left, I gathered myself
and managed to escape back to the
village. That was how I found myself at the
hospital.”
SUSPECT SPEAKS
Narrating his own side of the story, the
prime suspect, 20-year-old Adamu Ibrahim,
who confessed that he was under the
influence of a drug, Tramol 200, when he
committed the heinous crime said he killed
the girls out of provocation.
Hear him, “I was in the bush grazing my
cow when a Tiv man approached me
claiming that I damaged his farm. I told
him I was not the one and he insisted I
was the one. In the midst of the argument
and confusion, my herds scattered in the
bush. I started chasing after them in order
to gather them. On my way, I met three
girls whom I asked if they knew the man
that was accusing me of destroying his
farm and they said yes.
“They, however, refused to disclose the
man’s residence, claiming that they did not
know his house. The eldest amongst the
girls started insulting me and she came
and held my cutlass. I told her to get off
my cutlass. She continued pulling the
cutlass. The second one came and started
taunting me and pulling my dagger and in
the process, the knife cut her hand.
“I withdrew from them and asked if they
can face me and they said yes. That was
why I pulled out my knife and cut the
eldest. The other one that had a cut on her
hand ran and moved away and was
watching from a distance, but I also
caught up with her and cut her down. I
also did the same thing to the third.”
DENIES RAPING VICTIMS
Adamu who was arrested while he was
about to flee the community on a
motorbike to Rukubi in Nasarawa State,
swore that he did not rape the girls
explaining further that he was the only
herdsman in the bush at the time of the
incident.
“No other Fulani herdsman was there, I did
it alone. I swear that I did not rape them.
They pushed me into what I did because I
was pleading and asking that they left me
alone. I feel very sorry for what I did,
because it is a crime. I was actually under
the influence of Tramol 200. I normally buy
the tablet from one Tiv man in the village. I
take it to feel high and for energy because
whenever I take it, I hardly get tired of
moving about with my cow.”
When asked of his parents, Adamu said he
was told that shortly after his birth, his
father died and his mother whom he hardly
knew gave him out to one Alhaji Kawo
Ibrahim who brought him up as a
herdsman.
“We reside here in Benue near Agatu, that
is where some of us move our cow for
grazing,” he said.
LAWMAKER REACTS
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, a
member of the Benue State House of
Assembly, representing Makurdi North in
whose constituency the killing happened,
Mr. Avine Gbom, lamented that Mballagh
Council ward had remained a conquered
territory since 2011 when Fulani herdsmen
first invaded the community, killing and
maiming the inhabitants.
“The farmers and owners of the community
are now at the mercy of the Fulanis. The
Police are presently not there even though
there was an instruction to that effect by
the state government While the Fulanis
have also refused to vacate the village for
over three years now. At a point, the locals
had to leave the area for them. In fact, they
all fled to Makurdi town until the peace
and re-conciliatory committee was set up
and some went back; but till date, the
Fulanis are completely in charge of the
place.”
The lawmaker appealed to the federal and
state governments to intervene by
providing a police post for the community.
“The military can be deployed to the area
to stem further crisis so that the people
can go back and reclaim their land. As far
as I am concerned, the peace arrangement
by the state government and the Fulanis in
that community is certainly not working.
The people are living like slaves in their
own father land at the moment.
“The most unfortunate thing in this matter
is the fact that the people who were
displaced by the Tiv/Fulani crisis have as
at today, not received any relief materials
from the state or Federal Government. One
then begins to wonder why after much
materials came to the state, nothing has
been given to the people who were directly
affected by the crisis. My appeal is to the
state government. They should give the
people relief materials to alleviate their
sufferings and start their lives again,”
Gbom emphasized.
POLICE REACT
Speaking on the matter, newly posted
Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Hyacinth Dagala, expressed deep shock
over the killing adding, “I feel bad about
this because it is absurd and unfounded
for women who are ordinarily non-violent
to be killed in such violent manner. I was
personally shocked when I heard about the
incident and got particularly worried when
I discovered the manner these young girls
were killed.
“I must point out that though the problem
of natives and Fulanis have been with us
in the country for several years,
government would not be able to address
it overnight, but it would certainly be
addressed. Some persons are currently
agitating that the Fulanis should move to
other states, others feel that since they are
Nigerians, they should not be restricted.
We all hope that this problem will soon be
resolved especially, if all the stakeholders
are able to harmonise their thoughts and
views.”
As a prelude to peace, Dagala urged
leaders of the Herdsmen and the host
communities to make it a priority to
educate their people on the need to live in
peace with one another in the collective
interest of all. The Police boss who
promised that the police would thoroughly
investigate the killing in order to stem any
spill over assured that the law will take its
course in the matter.
“I also want to urge members of the public
to help the Police by availing us with
information that would help in our
responsibilities to the society. The truth is
that the job of policing should not be left
in the hands of police alone. The public
should be part of the police project.
“I would also advise that we should all be
conscious of strangers around us and
report to law enforcement agencies when
necessary. This is part of the ways we can
effectively police the society and check
crimes and criminality in our country,”
Dagala stated.

Fulanis have formed the habit of attacking innocent children and women in local communities and villages.

The government at various levels must take drastic steps to stop these incessant and unprovoked attacks, and destruction of lives and properties by fulani militia.

I have nothing to say here..i might end up sounding "tribalistic "

I can only conclude that the Northerners over react when they do drugs and that is why there are too many killings in the North

Its better I do not comment shaa..Lolzz,and dis guy myt eventually walk out a free man

How man can be cruel and mean to another still continues to baffle me

Na wa oooo!!

SuperMartins:
Its better I do not comment shaa..Lolzz,and dis guy myt eventually walk out a free man

^^^Abi oh! If i type wetin dey for my mind, i'll probably be banned till the second coming of Christ!

Mark my words; 5 years from now we'd still be hearing of this menace and wanton killings in this country! These people belong in the medieval ages!

IGBOSON1:


^^^Abi oh! If i type wetin dey for my mind, i'll probably be banned till the second coming of Christ!

Mark my words; 5 years from now we'd still be hearing of this menace and wanton killings in this country! These people belong in the medieval ages!

bro,I dey tell u... Govt jxt dey fear to act shaa...2 bad!!

these fulanis are hartless trouble maker right frm the time the hartless usman dan fodio conquer the weak hausas people.
now that the awusas are strong politically nd prudently,it s time hausas and middle beltan to put a banner or logo that the whole fulanis must go bak to senegal or sudan or whatever the pit of arabian hell they com from.
after the likes of beremos,ngene, wil tel us not to vote for jonathan,but to vote for apc fulani candidate.
when a fulanis take ova,girls,definitely yu girls wil be their victim..

Fulani are the most violent people in Nigeria. A law should be passed banning them from carrying their daggers, cutlass and stick in public because they are known to get high and start misbehaving.

They misbehave and attack people even without getting high let alone when they are on some hard stuff.

Very troublesome people they don't know where is their land or another man's land. Na so dem bin dey do any how for Osha b4 until all man begin give dem their size. Thankgod for 302 wey com become refugee camp fir them.

This fulani people have been causing confusion since...it's this same fulani herdsmen that went to villages in jos and killed innocent people there. I wonder if they've forgotten that human beings are not cows and rams

May God help this country.

This is really... LHU

This is type of case that need to be given sharia judgement, a soul for a soul and nothing less, i thnk Nigeria's constitution also upheld that same law, if such laws are strictly adhered to, i thnk it'l curb these cases of murder by these fulani goats