We don’t want Fulani in our communities in Benue, Fulani must leave us alone because we have no power to fight them.
Members of the National Union of Benue State Students took to the major streets of Makurdi on Thursday to protest the killing of one of their colleagues by armed herdsmen over the weekend, while calling on the Benue and federal governments to put a quick stop to the killing of innocent citizens of the state
According to reports, the roads around the Wurukum Roundabout and the entrance to the Benue State University were blocked by the students for over two hours, causing traffic gridlock in those areas.
The victim was reported to have traveled home to inform his parents of his success in completing his final year project when he was murdered by the herdsmen.
The students .were allegedly chanting war songs, and carried placards which read; ‘herdsmen must go’,‘enough of Fulani Killings in Benue’, ‘no more grazing in Benue’, etc,
While addressing the aggrieved crowd of students, Joshua Tarbunde, who led the protest, appealed to the Benue State House of Assembly to pass an anti-grazing bill in order to phase out killer herdsmen from the state.
"We don’t want Fulani in our communities in Benue, Fulani must leave us alone because we have no power to fight them..." He lamented. "This innocent boy had suffered all through in the university, only for him to be killed by Fulani men after he left school for home to inform his poor parents in the village about his success in the school so far...”
Reports say that it took the intervention of the police to calm down the students and clear the blockades placed on major roads, allowing commuters to continue on their journey.
By
Chinelo Okafor
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