Agbo-Paul AugustineImmediate past president of the Senate, Senator David Mark has described as barbaric, wicked and inhuman, the massive attacks and destruction of lives and properties in Agatu local government area of Benue State by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.
Mark in a statement issued by his media assistant, Mr Paul Mumeh in Abuja yesterday lamented the killing of about 500 of his constituents in Agatu.
“I’m shocked beyond words at the extent of destruction I have seen here in Agatu today. This is unbelievable . It is unimaginable . Nothing whatsoever justifies this brazen act of destruction meted out on the people of Agatu. My heart bleeds,” Mark lamented.
The former Senate president, who was on assessment tour of the war ravaged communities along with some members of the national and state assembly from his Benue-south Constituency urged security operatives to do all that is needed to bring the perpetrators to book.
Mark was of the view that the attacks could not have happened by accident but suspected a planned and orchestrated genocide against his people of Agatu.
About 10 communities were raze to rubbles while no fewer than 500 lives have were lost in the attack.
Some of the villages visited by Senator Mark and his team have been deserted and virtually turned into ghost towns.
The villages are totally bereft of any social or economic activities. All the primary and post primary schools, health centres , worship centres as well as the police station in the area have been burnt down.
What is left of a hitherto boisterous Agatu communities of Aila, Akwu, Adagbo, Okokolo, Ugboju, Odugbeho, Ogbaulu, Egba and Obagaji are the debris of the wreckage .
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