A Member of the House of Representatives, Ojema Ojotu has confirmed the death of the district head of Odugbeho identified simply as chief Adejo.
The lawmaker, representing the Apa/Agatu constituency of Benue state, who was featured on a TVC news program on Wednesday, said the village chief had fled the community to Otukpo over the incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen.
According to him, the village head was able to secure a portion of farm land in Otukpo but was unfortunately killed by the same herdsmen on his farm.
“I recently got short information about the death of the district head of Odugbeho, chief Adejo. Also Jeremiah from Ogbokpo. Jeremiah was just buried yesterday.
“The Chief that ran away from Odugbeho, he ran away from the village to Otukpo Local Government for safety. Right there, he got a piece of land to farm and he was killed right on his farm with Mr Jeremiah”, he said.
The lawmaker lamented that “there is a high level of insecurity in Benue State”, stressing that “lives of human beings have no value”.
According to him, “people are dying and nothing is significantly being done to arrest the situation.
“Since the first day I came to the House up till this moment, I have moved not less than five motions, drawing the attention of the government to the issue of suspected herdsmen attack. These attacks are usually carried out in broad daylight.
“This is the rainy season and people have to go to the farm massively but I can tell you for free that everybody is afraid of visiting their farms”.
