Makurdi—The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has raised concern over the sudden influx of herdsmen into Benue State, warning that the state is facing the prospect of a repeat of the 2018 New Year’s day massacre that claimed several lives in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas of the state.

Benue State chairman of CAN, Akpen Leva who expressed the fear yesterday in Makurdi, said he had received reports from across the state that herdsmen were moving in droves into the state in defiance of the subsisting grazing in the state.


He said “as I speak with you now, I am receiving reports that herdsmen are coming in their numbers in Agatu and several other Local Government Areas, LGA, of the state.

“I gathered that they are coming in because they heard that the military operation code named Operation Whirl Stroke is pulling out of our communities so they are moving in to take over.

“This is the situation and there is fear of a looming attack in the state, that is why we are sounding the warning now that if nothing is done we might have a repeat of the New Year’s Day massacre in the state.

“The Federal Government has to suspend the plan of winding down the operation for now until normalcy fully returns and the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, are resettled. We recall that the federal government had promised to resettle the IDPs when the Vice President visited the state in 2018 and up till now nothing has been done to have the people return to their ancestral homes.

“Without the federal government doing that, we cannot really say peace has fully returned in the communities because a people who are displaced and taking shelter in camps are in pains and not at peace with themselves let alone with others.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/01/can-raises-concern-over-sudden-influx-of-herdsmen-into-benue/

I am tired of people "raising concerns". Nothing like farners-herders conflict. Anybody that come into any unauthorized environment is an intruder.


Security of lives and properties is a universal right. Obviously, it has become nothing to the NIgeria govt. SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

CAN can do us a favour by raising strong militia men who will secure the states territory from invaders.

This northern Christians are week n idiotic ...they have been oppressed by the northern Muslims for so long that they have become used to it

If the north call them back ,give them small post like president ...tell them to kill Igbo's again they will .....forget this rubbish

If we Igbo Christians like let's offer them rice n chicken for years ,if north offer then bread crumbs they would leave your rice m chicken for the bread crumbs

I pity benue people o, dem too dey expose tbh. I've never for once have the thought of traveling to northern Nigeria.

To do what? we need to break free from these madness

Herdsmen running away from South West.


They are all from the Sahelian countries.
They will move down to the South East.

The only time FG intervens is when the affected people organize to protect themselves.

When would people wake up??

The Governor should speak up.