Herdsmen attack IDP camp, kill seven, injure others

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have attacked the Abagana Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital
The gunmen were said to have stormed the camp at about 2 am on Tuesday and started shooting sporadically in all directions while the IDPs scampered for safety.
At the end of the attack, six people were said to have been killed while others who were injured were moved to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital.
Youths in the area blocked the Makurdi Lafia Highway with the corpses of the victim’s causing heavy traffic gridlock in the area.
Efforts by the military and other Security personnel to clear the road failed until Governor Samuel Ortom arrived to pacify the angry youths
Ortom called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast to stop the continued killings by herdsmen across the country, adding that people’s patience were been overstretched.