Residents of Yelwata, Benue State on Monday blocked the federal highway from Makurdi to Abuja, protesting the killing of three people.
According to protesters, armed herders invaded the community as early as 7am and shot three people dead and three others injured.
The residents blocked the federal highway with the corpses, preventing the movement of vehicles.
A youth leader from the community, Achii Mathias, said that the armed herders launched an attack around 7am on Monday and killed three people and injured three others.
Mathias said, “The Fulanis again attacked our community (Yelwata) this morning around 7am and were shooting sporadically, and they killed three people and three others were injured.
“As I am talking to you now, the Security Adviser to the governor and Chairman of Guma LGA are here assessing the situation.”
Recall that no fewer than 200 people were killed in a midnight attack on the same community on June 13.
Below is a video from the protest.
