Benue: We’re Facing Calculated Genocidal Invasion By Herder Terrorists, Tor Tiv Tells Tinubu

Benue: We’re Facing Calculated Genocidal Invasion By Herder Terrorists, Tor Tiv Tells Tinubu

The Tor Tiv V, James Ayatse, has dismissed claims that the killings in Benue State are the results of clashes between herders and farmers, describing such claims as misinformation.

He spoke during a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and stakeholders in Benue on Wednesday.

Ayatse said that the killings were a calculated, well-planned, full-scale genocidal invasion and land-grabbing campaign in the state by “herder terrorists and bandits” that had been on for decades.

He said, “We do have grave concerns about the misinformation and misrepresentation of the security crisis in Benue State. Your Excellency, it’s not herders-farmers clashes, it’s not communal clashes, it’s not reprisal attacks or skirmishes.

“What we are dealing with here in Benue is a calculated, well-planned, full-scale genocidal invasion and land grabbing campaign by herder terrorists and bandits, which has been going on for decades.