The Benue state government has postponed the planned mass burial for victims of Fulani herdsmen attack in Okpokwu area of the state. Ortom had promised to accord all the 24 victims of the Omusu Edimoga herdsmen attack a mass burial on Friday (today).
The herdsmen were said to have invaded the community between 2pm and 3pm on the said day, following an earlier allegation that villagers had stolen some of their cattle. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, Ortom said: “There wouldn’t be a mass burial of victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks in Okpokwu.”
No reason was given for the cancellation of the mass burial. The statement added that the burial will now take place next week Thursday. “A church service, followed by burial of the victims, will take place on Thursday, next week at Okpokwu,” the statement reads in part.
