Stress has once more gripped the Yelwata group in Benue State after gunmen reportedly attacked the residents of the group within the early hours of Monday.
Witnesses reported that the latest assault sparked a protest amongst ladies, who marched by way of the streets calling for the troopers within the space to return to their barracks.
The upset residents additionally requested their speedy relocation to Makurdi, the state capital, asserting they now not really feel secure of their group.
“They need to take us to Makurdi as a result of the federal government can not shield us,” one protester mentioned.
The assault got here barely two months after gunmen, believed to be herders, on June 13, stormed the group and killed an estimated 200 folks, together with internally displaced individuals, with many burned alive throughout an evening of brutal violence.
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