OPINION BY ETIM ETIM: The mass killings in Benue state | TheCable
basis. Children, women and even pregnant moms are slaughtered every now and then in many parts of the state by terrorists and ethnic militias in the plains and troughs of Benue. There’s not been any noticeable action from law enforcement institutions to tackle the problems in recent months.
Benue, Taraba and Plateau are some of the nation’s main food producers, particularly tubers, grains and fruits. These killings have negatively affected food production and increased food inflation. While the killings seem to have subsided in Plateau and Taraba in recent times, there is no letting up in Benue. The killers are fighting back against the Benue state government’s anti-grazing law which forbids herders from roaming around with their cattle.
As I indicated in a recent article, the weakness of our institutions, the dominance of powerful and influential people who appear stronger than the state and the absence of rule of law make a mockery of our democracy. Clearly, these killers must be enjoying some level of official protection or sympathy. The impunity continues to embolden them.
The political discourse has been quite animated, but, sadly, nobody remembers the poor villagers in Benue state.
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