One of the bullets reportedly fired by soldiers attached to 707 Special Forces Brigade in Makurdi, Benue State, has killed a secondary school pupil, identified as Ayew Atume.

It was gathered that Atume, a resident of Jato Aka in the Kwande Local Government Area of the state, was having a lunch in his parents’compound after returning from school on Tuesday when the stray bullet hit him. He reportedly died at the spot.

UNCH Metro gathered that some members of a vigilance group in the community had intercepted a car conveying some suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The security guards were said to have found arms in the vehicle, which made them to detain the occupants.

A resident, who did not give his name, said the herdsmen alerted soldiers in the Kashimbila area of the state, who raced to the scene and allegedly freed the men, shooting continuously. In the process, one of the bullets killed Atume.

The resident said, “Youths keeping vigilance on the town acted on a tip-off and intercepted a vehicle conveying some suspected herdsmen who were in possession of arms. The suspects called soldiers in Kashimbila who then called their colleagues stationed in Jato Aka to rescue the men.

“The soldiers arrived at the scene and whisked the car and the occupants to their base. The continued insistence of the youth for the vehicle to be handed over to the police angered the soldiers who started shooting indiscriminately into the air to frighten them.

“Ayew (Atume) was killed by a stray bullet. The boy just returned from school and was taking his lunch in his parents’ compound near the scene of the incident when the bullet hit him. He died instantly.”

Another resident said several other persons were injured in the commotion that followed the shootings as people scampered to safety.

“The situation now is such that residents of the town are leaving, while commercial activities have been put to a halt.

The villagers are alleging conspiracy between the Fulani herdsmen and the soldiers to destroy the town. Many residents were injured on Tuesday by the soldiers’ bullets, including a community leader,” he added.

source: Punch Newspaper

Naija and wahala.

The beauty of One Nigeria

Kondomatic:
The beauty of One Nigeria

Tiv people and many middle belters sold their right to good sleep and life the day they invaded Biafra to kill women and children on the orders of their fulani lords. I really do not spare a tear drop for them.

cc kyase.

soldiers wey don smoke igbo.

Another great man has been cut off in his prime. Who knows if he would have rescued Nigeria?

May God help us.

Another suspected twisted story, are we to believe that the soldiers too are also Fulani therefore conspiring with the herdsmen?
All these conspiracy theories just becoming tiresome.

Very soon,they will declare Nigeria a caliphate.
Some of us rejected Buhari not cos of where he came from or religion but b/c of his antecedents.
Atiku Abubakar,Shehu Sani,Col Dangiwar Umar,Sule Lamido etc would not have exhibited this open sectionalism Buhari is showing based on their antecedents too.