Scores of indigenes of Benue State resident in Lagos on Friday staged a peaceful protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly over the incessant attacks of the people of their state by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Some of their placards bore diverse messages such as: “No more herdsmen,” “Disarm all Fulani herdsmen,” and “PMB say something about the killing,” among others.
The protesters, who were in the Assembly under the auspices of ‘Mdzough Tiv Lagos State’ presented a protest letter on the issue, addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari to the Lagos lawmakers.
The letter was co-signed by the association’s BOT Chairman, Chief Alfred Ubee, President, Hon. Kwaghbo, co-ordinator, Ichul Wisdom and another co-coordinator, Mr Benjamin Kua.
In the letter, the protesters demanded the immediate evacuation of all Fulani herdsmen currently occupying the ancestral home of the people of the state in line with the directives of the Benue State Governor.
They also demanded that the government must not be seen as being partial, because, according to them, ‘the death of one man is our collective death.
“All bills/enactments pending at the National Assembly as well as the Benue State House of Assembly that are aimed at finding a permanent solution to these killings be given accelerated attention,” they said.
“They should be harmonised and passed into law with immediate effect. This should be done without unduly favouring any segment affected by such a bill/enactment,” they said in the letter.