Friday 15 April 2016

TIMELINE OF FULANIATTACKS ON BENUE STATEFROM 2013 – 2016 By Sam Ijoho

1.April 23 2013.
10 farmers killed in an attack on
Mbasenge community in Guma LGA by
suspected herdsmen.
2.
May 7, 2013.
47 mourners gunned down in Agatu while
burying two policemen killed the Tuesday
before in Nassarawa
3.
May 14, 2013.
Over 200 herdsmen surround Ekwo-
Okpanchenyi, Agatu LGA killing 40 locals.
4.
July 5, 2013.
20 people were killed in a conflict between
Tiv farmers & herdsmen at Nzorov,Guma
LGA, Benue state.
5.
July 28, 2013.
in retaliation to the killing of 112 cows,
herdsmen invade 2 villages in Agatu LGA
killing 8 villagers.
6.
November 7, 2013.
Attackers strike at Ikpele & Okpopolo
communities killing 7 and displacing over
6000 inhabitants.
7.
Nov 9, 2013.
36 locals killed and 7 villages overrun in
an outbreak of fighting between herdsmen
& locals in Agatu LGA.
8.
Nov 20, 2013.
Attack on communities in Guma LGA,
killing 22 locals and destroying properties
worth millions of naira.
9.
Jan 20 2014.
Gunmen attack Agatu LGA, killing 5
soldiers and 7 civilians.
10.
Jan 20, 2014.
Attack on Adeke village. Locals put up a
fight; 3 dead.
11.
20-21 Feb 2014.
Herdsmen attack Gwer West LGA. 35
persons killed. 80,000 displaced. 6 Council
Wards Sacked.
12.
Feb 24, 2014.
Attack on a Tiv community along Naka
road, Makurdi, killing 8 people.
13.
March 6, 2014.
30 killed in Kwande, Katsina/Ala and Logo
LGAs by attackers dressed in military
uniforms. 6 villages sacked.
14.
March 12, 2014.
Raid on Ukpam village of Mbabaai in
Guma LGA. 28 persons killed. Yam barns
and farms burnt.
15.
March 10, 2014.
Former Governor Suswam’s convoy
attacked by herdsmen at Umenger. He and
convoy manage an escape.
16.
March 12, 2014.
Herdsmen attack Suswam’s village in Logo
LGA. 22 slaughtered. Entire village sacked.
17.
March 23, 2014.
25 killed and over 50 injured by herdsmen
said to be bearing sophisticated weapons
in Gbajimba, Guma LGA.
18.
March 25, 2014.
Police recover 7 corpses following an
attack on Agena village by Herdsmen.
19.
March 29, 2014.
Herdsmen attack 4 villages in Agatu LGA.
19 people killed, 15 others abducted.
20.
March 29, 2014.
Suspected use of chemical weapons on
Shengev community in Gwer West LGA
leaving 15 people dead.
21.
March 30, 2014.
19 locals killed and 15 abducted in Agatu
LGA.
22.
April 10, 2014.
Over 100 herdsmen attacked 4 villages in
Ukemberaga/Tswarev ward of Logo LG, 6
killed,Properties lost.
23.
April 15, 2014.
Attack on Obagaji, Headquarters of Agatu
LGA, 12 youths killed.
24.
September 10, 2014.
Herdsmen attacked five villages in
Ogbadibo LGA leaving scores dead.
25.
January 27, 2015.
17 persons killed in attacks on Abugbe,
Okoklo, Ogwule & Ocholoyan in Agatu LGA
by herdsmen.
26.
January 30, 2015.
Over 100 attackers stormed 5 villages in
Logo LGA, killing 9 persons in the attack.
27.
March 15, 2015.
Egba village in Agatu LGA sacked by
herdsmen,over 90 locals, including women
and children killed.
28.
April 27, 2015.
28 persons killed by herdsmen in attack on
3 villages at Mbadwem, Guma LGA;
houses and farmlands razed.
29.
May 11, 2015.
Ikyoawen community in Turan Kwande
LGA invaded by herdsmen. 5 persons killed
& 8 others wounded.
30.
May 24, 2015.
100 killed in an attack by herdsmen in
villages &refugee camps at Ukura, Gafa,
Per and Tse-Gusa, Logo LGA.
31.
July 7, 2015.
1 local killed and several others injured
following an attack on mourners in Imande
Bebeshi in Kwande LGA.
32.
November 5, 2015.
12 persons killed, 25 others injured in
Buruku LGA following an attack by
suspected herdsmen.
33.
Feb 8, 2016.
10 killed and over 300 displaced in clash
between herdsmen and farmers at Tor-
Anyiin and Tor-Ataan in Buruku LGA.
34.
Feb 29, 2016.
Over 500 locals killed and 7000 displaced
in an attack on Agatu LGA by fulani
herdsmen.
35.
March 9, 2016.
8 residents killed by herdsmen in attacks
on Ngorukgan, Tse Chia, Deghkia and
Nhumbe in Logo LGA.
36.
March 11, 2016.
Attack on Convoy of Senator David Mark
by suspected herdsmen in Agatu LGA. No
casualty recorded.
37.
March 13, 2016.
6 people including an APC youth leader
killed by herdsmen in an attack on Tarkaa
LGA.
Agatu LGA is still under major threat with
locals fleeing and some villages now
occupied by herdsmen and thousands of
cattle.
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#EnoughIsEnough
#SaveBenueFarmers
#StopTheKillingsNow
#MoveAgainstFulaniOccupation
#MAFO
Sam Ijoho 2016
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