Residents of Benue state have protested the killing of three community guards by armed Fulani herdsmen.
The incident happened in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State.
Trouble started in the early hours of Tuesday, March 11, after youths from the area retrieved the bodies of the guards k!lled by bandits on Monday evening, March 10, at a village in Gwer West.
They took the bodies to the local government headquarters to express their grievances.
Subsequently, the angry youths set ablaze the council secretariat and palace of the traditional head of Naka, Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse.
The hotel belonging to Senator Titus Zam was also allegedly torched by the protesters in Naka, the headquarters of Gwer West LGA.
“The youths are angry because the bandits are k!lling our people and the state government appears not to be doing anything. Since the c0rpses of the guards arrived this morning, protesters have burnt the council secretariat, Ter Nagi’s palace and a hotel belonging to Senator Titus Zam, representing Benue North West at the national assembly,” a resident who preferred anonymity told DailyTrust.
Victor Ormin, the Chairman of Gwer West LGA said that the protest started by youths in the area over the k!lling of three Benue Civil Protection Guards was hijacked by hoodlums who set the council secretariat and the palace of Ter Naka on fire.
“Yes, they have burned the secretariat and the Ter Naka’s palace. Three protection guards were k!lled in Garuwa (council ward in Gwer West) by armed invaders, so when their bodies were brought to Naka, it sparked a protest from the youth and it’s now being taken over by hoodlums,” he said.
