73 bodies of victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks in Benue state have been laid to rest in a mass burial service today.
The victims who died during the recent attack by Fulani herdsmen on villagers and farmers at Guma and Logo local government area of Benue state are being buried on a site at the Industrial Layout along Naka Road in Makurdi.
Thousands of Benue residents including the state governor, Samuel Ortom, attended the funeral.
Recurrent attacks by Fulani herdsmen has been condemned by Nigerians who are demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari arrest and prosecute the herdsmen involved in the killings as well as pronounce herdsmen as a terrorist group.
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