Nigeria: Benue Suspects Chemical Attack in 200 Deaths

29 March 2014

George Okoh The recent series of attack on Benue Communities by Fulani Herdsmen is beginning to take its toll on displaced persons due to the crises even as the Commissioner for Information, Justine Amase disclosed that over 200 people were killed with substance suspected to be chemical weapons

According to him, some bodies of those killed were taken for medical examination and it was discovered that there was no gun shot or harm to the bodies.

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