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Several youths of Asta community, a suburb of Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, stormed the major highway that leads to Joseph Sawuan University of Agriculture, Makurdi, in the early hours of Monday to protest an attack by suspected herdsmen.
One of the residents of the area, who identified himself as Dave and spoke to newsmen, said that some youths in the early hours of Monday filed out in their numbers to make a fire and blocked the popular Uniagric road.
Dave said that some suspected herdsmen stormed the Asta community and environs on Monday, where they attacked people without provocation.
Several people were reported to have been injured during the attack
According to him, “early hours of today, at about 1 a.m., some people suspected to be herders came to this community (Asta) and attacked people with machetes, knives, and dangerous weapons.
One of the residents of the area, who identified himself as Dave and spoke to newsmen, said that some youths in the early hours of Monday filed out in their numbers to make a fire and blocked the popular Uniagric road.
Dave said that some suspected herdsmen stormed the Asta community and environs on Monday, where they attacked people without provocation.
Several people were reported to have been injured during the attack
According to him, “early hours of today, at about 1 a.m., some people suspected to be herders came to this community (Asta) and attacked people with machetes, knives, and dangerous weapons.
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