Suspected Herdsmen Kill IDP In Benue

The deceased’s second wife, Mrs Tyosoo Dorcas, 25, explained that while she and her husband were working at the farm, about 10 armed strange men suddenly appeared carrying guns and cutlasses.

A 45-year-old Internally Displaced Person (IDP) has been killed by suspected herdsmen on his farm along Tse Tse Ukum road in Mbachohon Council Ward, Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State.

The deceased, Zaki Tali Tyosoo, a native of Tse Gerbe in the same Mbachohon council ward was said to have been displaced from his village before taking shelter at the Agagbe IDPs camp in Gwer West LGA with his family.

A former Agagbe IDP camp manager, Ibaah Jacob, said that the deceased was attacked by the gunmen believed to be armed infiltrators on Sunday, September 29, 2024 about 2pm while he was working in the farm alongside his second wife.

“He was displaced from his village in Tse Gerbe, but since the farm was not far from Agagbe town and due to the hunger affecting his polygamous family, he decided to farm there. The land is located less than a kilometer away from Agagbe,” he said.

He narrated further that the deceased’s second wife, Mrs Tyosoo Dorcas, 25, explained that while she and her husband were working at the farm, about 10 armed strange men suddenly appeared carrying guns and cutlasses.

Jacob said the woman further explained that they began shooting at her husband and chasing him and that when he eventually fell, they used their cutlasses and butchered him

The corpse of the deceased has been recovered according to the ex-camp manager and brought to the Agagbe camp where his family is sheltered.