The Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, Prince Maxwell Ogiri, has called for a united front against the renewed wave of attacks on communities in the area, urging residents, traditional rulers, security agencies and the media to work together to end the killings.
He made the appeal while receiving journalists who visited to condole with the council and people of Otukpo over the recent attacks by suspected armed herders.
Ogiri declared that communities had resolved that strangers should no longer occupy forests and farmlands, insisting that anyone wishing to reside in Otukpo should live within recognised settlements.
“We don’t want people in our bushes anymore. Let the farms be for our farmers. If anyone wants to live with us, let us know their address, see their faces and hear their voices.
“We are not asking anybody not to live among us, but we no longer want people staying
