Benue Community Wants Army Out, Alleges Inhumane Treatments

The president wide of Mdzough U Tiv Worldwide, Chief Iorbee Ihagh, has called for the withdrawal of the Nigerian Army from Turan assemblage successful Kwande section authorities country of Benue State, citing what helium described arsenic inhumane treatments and sidesplitting of guiltless young persons successful the area.

Chief Ihagh, who spoke with our analogous successful a telephone interview, said helium joined the telephone by the Ter Kwande Engr. Timothy who, during a gathering with members of the Turan community, and the bereaved household members of the deceased students and mourners appealed to the national authorities to retreat the Army successful the country and regenerate them with Mobile Police.

The president wide alleged that alternatively of protecting the lives and properties of the assemblage the unit are extorting, raping, manhandling and sidesplitting of their loved ones particularly the young persons without provocation.

He attributed the killings of the students and mourners to the alleged refusal of the bereaved members of the household of the deceased accepted ruler to springiness the N600, 000 substance wealth they had asked the household to wage earlier they volition escort them to hide their father.

“The soldiers asked the bereaved household to wage N600,000 and what the household could spend astatine that clip was N400,000 and the unit refused to cod and retired of frustration, the household members decided to summon courageousness and took their begetter to Nzaav and buried him. It was connected their mode backmost that they Army opened occurrence connected them sidesplitting 2 mourners and 4 students who were returning from school.

“Our enemies are sidesplitting us, officers sent to support america are besides sidesplitting us; we don’t request these service of a radical successful our communities again. Enough is enough; we are not harmless with them. The national authorities should regenerate them with Mopol. If it is not extortion, it volition beryllium sidesplitting oregon raping our children and wives, we are overwhelmed,” helium said.

The constabulary nationalist relations serviceman successful the state, Udeme Edet who confirmed the killings successful a connection nevertheless said the students were not deliberately killed by the Army.

“It is not sidesplitting of students, the subject squad were coming backmost from their patrol and connected their way, sighted immoderate hoodlums with firearms connected a bike. While chasing them, the hoodlums opened occurrence connected the subject and the subject responded to them,” she said.

She noted that successful the process of the weapon battle, stray bullets deed 3 students of Government Science Secondary School Jato-Aka and connected accomplishment astatine the hospital, sadly, 1 of the students was confirmed dormant by the doctor, portion the 2 others are responding to treatment, adding that probe is ongoing.

Recall that the younker person of Mbaikyor Council ward successful Turan