THE Senate has asked security agencies in the country to probe the incessant attacks on Benue communities as it condemned the recent attacks that claimed many lives and destroyed properties in some communities in the state.
This followed a motion by Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) at the plenary session on Wednesday.
At least 74 people were killed last month following attacks by alleged Fulani herders in different communities in the state.
Police spokesperson in the state, Catherine Anene, said 28 bodies were recovered at a camp for internally displaced people in Mgban LGA between Friday evening and Saturday morning, some hours after the last attack was recorded.
Speaking on the attacks at the plenary, Moro said many lives and properties of his people have been lost and thousands displaced as a result of the clashes. He said the attacks were carried out by suspected killer herdsmen, noting that none of the perpetrators have been arrested since the incident.
The senator urged the Senate to mandate security agencies in the country to investigate the attacks and fish out the perpetrators.
He requested that the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) should be directed to mobilise its officers to the affected communities to support survivors of the attacks.
Moro also requested that the Senate should observe one minute’s silence in memory of those that lost their lives in the attacks.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, therefore, ordered security agencies to investigate the attacks and arrest the perpetrators.
Lawan also directed NEMA to mobilise its officers to the affected communities.
The upper legislative chamber also observed a minute’s silence in memory of the dead victims.
