Benue confirms sacking of5,000 in Mbataho Island by herdsmen

The Benue State government, Wednesday confirmed that armed herdsmen had sacked close to 5,000 residents of Mbatoho Island, at Mbalagh council ward of Makurdi local government and occupied the vast land.

The herdsmen were also reported to have razed the homes of the locals after sacking them and caused the cows to graze on farmlands and food barns of the fleeing locals.

Benue state Information Commission, Lawrence Onoja Jnr. who made this known to reporters in Makurdi, said the invaders had completely taken over the Island adding that the government had directed security personnel to push back the invaders.