Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday evening launched a deadly attack on Otobi community in Akpa District of Otukpo Local Government Area, Benue State, leaving several residents feared dead. An eyewitness revealed that the attackers stormed the village around 6 pm and began shooting indiscriminately at anyone in sight. “They have been shooting and killing people since 6 pm. As we speak, our house and several others have been burnt down. We are helpless,” a distressed villager lamented.
Kennedy Angbo, the lawmaker representing Otukpo-Akpa Constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, confirmed to reporters that, the attack started about 5:30 pm on Tuesday and lasted for 2 hours.
“We need help, as our people are being killed mercilessly,” the lawmaker requested.
“We are being attacked by herdsmen at Otobi community, my wife and children are fleeing from the community as I speak, please call for help,” the frightened resident said.
Otobi, the community hosting the Federal Ministry of Water Resources Multipurpose Water Dam, has come under attack twice in April as a security guard at the facility was killed days ago.