Nigeria: 113 killed in four Benue attacks as Senate calls for troops
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Nigeria’s Senate is calling for the immediate deployment of troops to three areas of Benue State after four coordinated attacks left 113 people dead, including six Mobile Police officers. The violence also caused mass displacement and paralysed agriculture, according to senator Emmanuel Udende, cited by the Daily Post.
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday asked the federal government to immediately deploy troops to the local government areas of Ukum, Katsina-Ala and Logo in Benue State, after four coordinated attacks left 113 people dead. The motion was moved by Emmanuel Udende, senator for Benue North-East, according to the Daily Post.
The attacks killed 24 people in Sai, in Katsina-Ala area, and 63 in Bom and Aboajio, in Ukum area. Another attack in Ayilamo, in Logo area, left 15 people dead, including six Mobile Police officers. Eleven people were later killed on 8 October in the villages of Tse Biliji and Tse Shishi Nyako, in Ukum.
The upper house called on the inspector general of police, the army chief of staff and the intelligence services to strengthen security, establish early-warning mechanisms and bring the perpetrators to justice. It also tasked NEMA, Nigeria’s emergency management agency, and its Benue State counterpart with providing assistance to displaced people.
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