An appeal for the rehabilitation of victims of the Fulani herdsmen attacks in the Agatu Local Government area of Benue State, has gone to State Government as well as the Federal Government.
The acting chairman of the local government council, Okpale Omenka, made the appeal during an interactive session with some members of a group, Opiatoha K’ Idoma.
Omenka said victims of the attack were already traumatized and as such, there was a need for the federal and state government to rehabilitate them.
He also said the invasion was worse than what took place in the north-eastern part of the country.
He called on both governments to embark on construction of houses, provision of building materials and other essentials of life as part of the rehabilitation process.
The chairman also called on the Victims Support Fund under the chairmanship of Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd) to urgently come to the aid of the victims especially as it is now raining.
Omenka said the provision of seedlings and farm implements for the people will enable them go back to their farms.
