• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Benue Ward Loses 5,000 Members In Herdsmen’s Attacks

by Hembadoon Orsar
1 year ago
in News
Benue
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Over 5,000 persons including women, children and the aged have been killed in Moon council ward in Kwande local government area of Benue State from 2013 to date by the marauding herdsmen.

Advertisement

The fleeing president-general Moon Development Association, Isaac Sor, who disclosed this in an interview with LEADERSHIP said over 10 primary and secondary schools in the area alongside all the community health clinics have been destroyed, adding that the whole council ward had been deserted.

Sor who called on government at all level to look into the plight of Moon people said houses, crops, livestock and farms were destroyed in the invasion from 2013 to date. He estimated the cost of properties destroyed during the invasion at over N100 billion.

He said, “The enactment of the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law by former Governor Samuel Ortom helped us to a great extent because most of our community members who left Moon, especially men started returning and farming in subsistence quantity, but the recent invasion has killed most of them and those who survived the attacks have fled the area and as I am talking to you now, no single person is there except the armed herders.

“We cannot even bury our loved ones in our ancestral homes, except with the help of security agencies, most of our people who were killed in the bush were left there to decay because we didn’t even know the particular point they died.”

RELATED

Diphtheria: Why Every Child Deserves Immunisation

Diphtheria: Why Every Child Deserves Immunisation

18 minutes ago
Community Pharmacists Sue AMAC Over Harassment Of Members

ACPN Calls For Health Sector Reform

19 minutes ago

While appealing to the administration of Hyacinth Alia to step up the enforcement of Anti Open Grazing Law to flush out all the killer herdsmen, the Moon president also appealed to the government, churches and all well-meaning organisations and philanthropists to come to the aid of the people who are scattered over the neighbouring communities.

Also, another fleeing member from Kyurav community which is also invaded by the armed herdsmen, Mongo Tarvershima said, nine members of his community including his blood brothers were killed and attributed the sustained attack on Kwande communities to the recent discovery of assorted mineral resources in the area. He appealed to the government at all levels to beef up security at the boundary communities to restore lasting peace.

LEADERSHIP gathered that Moon council ward which is known for the production of rice, yam, soybeans, sesame among other crops was under siege for over 10 years.

 


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel

BREAKING NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars from the comfort of their homes with Ultra-Premium domains, acquire them for as low as $1700 and profit as much as $25,000. Click here to learn how you can earn US Dollars consistently.


Tags: Benue Stateherdsmen
SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

NGO Educates Kwara Schoolgirls On Menstrual Health

Next Post

Firm Plans 5,000 Acres Of Land For Lagos Farmers

Hembadoon Orsar

Hembadoon Orsar

You May Like

Diphtheria: Why Every Child Deserves Immunisation
Health

Diphtheria: Why Every Child Deserves Immunisation

2025/06/25
Community Pharmacists Sue AMAC Over Harassment Of Members
Health

ACPN Calls For Health Sector Reform

2025/06/25
Ultimate Health HMO Targets Diaspora, Students In Health Insurance Expansion Drive
Health

Ultimate Health HMO Targets Diaspora, Students In Health Insurance Expansion Drive

2025/06/25
FCT Natives Demand Dialogue With Federal Gov’t Over Land Compensation
Health

Stakeholders Raise Alarm Over Dire Sanitation Crisis In Mpape, Urge FCT Action

2025/06/25
Sundry Foods, Armed Forces Blood Centre Partner In Lifesaving Campaign
Health

Sundry Foods, Armed Forces Blood Centre Partner In Lifesaving Campaign

2025/06/25
Benue
Business

Dangote Cement Records N1.38trn Earnings, Up By 56%

2025/06/25
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Inzaghi Begs Osimhen To Join Al-Hilal

MKO Abiola Stadium Gets Facelift To Host CAA U18/U20 Championships

NPFL Clubs Battle For Awosanmi’s Signature

NOC Mourns Passing Of Abba Yola

Sevilla Manager Denies Disrespecting Iheanacho

Gareth Bale Confirms Cardiff Ownership Interest

Simeone Slams CWC Referees, Says Everything Went Against Atlético

CWC: Inter Miami’s Unbeaten Run Sets Up Round Of 16 Clash With PSG

Kirsty Coventry Inaugurated As First Female, African President Of IOC

Banyana Banyana Unveil Final Squad For WAFCON 2024

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.