Nigeria: Benue Killings - We Saw It Coming, Governor Says - Announces Mass Burial for Victims

10 January 2018

The Benue State Government says it will bury victims of the January 1 attacks on Thursday.

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that over 50 persons were gunned down by unknown assailants that invaded five villages in Guma and Logo Local Governments on New Year day. Several others were injured while about 50,000 persons were displaced.

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