Tobi Adebayo
A former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said that Benue state needs a human rights activist like Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho in order to put an end to the incessant killings in the state.
Omokri said this in reaction to reports that Fulani herdsmen killed about 36 Benue indigenes on Thursday.
“Except Benue gets their own Sunday Igboho, these almost daily attacks that have characterised #BenueUnderAttack will continue to happen. If Benue people clash with cows, General @MBuhari will ALWAYS side with cows. Benue needs an Igboho that will side with them,” Reno Omokri tweeted.
Nigerians are trending the #BenueUnderAttack hashtag on Twitter, sharing gory pictures of people reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen and condemning the President Muhammadu Buhari administration over its silence on the killings.
A Twitter user, @aproko_doctor tweeted: “We can’t fold our hands and watch anymore. #BenueUnderAttack. People are being killed in their homes and lands and the government is watching. This is a ticking time bomb. Protect all Nigerian citizens!”
Another tweep, @fs_yusuf wrote: “They don’t know d deep story behind the Israeli-Palestine continuous clash but they’d be fast to trend #FreePalestine. They know very well about d genocide going on in Benue State but u won’t see them lending their voice to #BenueUnderAttack I love it when we all stop pretending.”
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See other reactions below:
Tired of saying #BenueUnderAttack, it's exhausting.
Killings been going on for years by one group of people, and nobody has been arrested, nobody has been prosecuted.
The solution right now is State Police and arming the citizens, nothing else.
— William (@_SirWilliam_) May 28, 2021
The pictures are so gory. It is sad that these vulnerable were killed in their homeland by invaders. But to see how they were butchered like cattle evokes a deeper emotion. No one should die like this. #BenueUnderAttack
— Jamal (@JajaPhD) May 28, 2021
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