Fulani herdsmen kill 50 in Benue attackThe Benue State attacks began on January 1, 2018 and are still ongoing. Death Toll 55While attacks by Fulani herdsmen on Benue communities continued unabated since the beginning of the year, some of the herders raided and killed about 55 villagers in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State. They tore my clothes and took turns to rape me.”She said a fellow farmer saw her where the herdsmen had abandoned her after the rape and took her home. In October 2017, two Fulani herdsmen, Umar and Musa Ali, who are brothers, were arrested in Nasarawa State for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at Tudun Lambaga in the Eggon Hills area, Eggon Local Government Area of the state. In 2016, the Daily Post reported that Enugu men are divorcing their wives over rape by herdsmen.

Source: Punch January 11, 2018 12:55 UTC