How this 20 yrs old boy Slaughtered Two Girls.
The news of the girls who were slaughtered which filtered the air,
almost caused bloodbath between Benue farmers and Herdsmen in the state
but for the quick intervention of the newly posted Police Commissioner,
Mr. Hyacinth Dagala and Governor Gabriel Suswam who calmed the angry
people.
This led to the police arresting the main suspect who confessed to
the crime and gave an account of what transpired and how he also
inflicted serious injuries on another female member of the family.
The suspect, Adamu was arrested while he was about to flee the community on a motorbike to Rukubi in Nasarawa state.
Meanwhile, 14-year-old Jirgba Nyeshilea, who is the only survivor of
the attack narrated her ordeal, how her two sisters aged 15 and 18 were
raped and slaughtered.
Jirgba said the incident happened while herself and sisters about
five days ago had gone to fetch firewood at Zongo village in Mabala
Council Ward of Makurdi when they were stopped by a Fulani herdsmen in
the bush who asked if we saw any man passing by.She said: “We told him that we did not see anybody, he then asked
us to follow him. We were forced to follow him out of fear, we trekked
with him to a point where we saw another two of his colleagues. That was
where they all asked us to lie down. But we were scared.“They eventually forced my two sisters down and two of the men
raped them, but they did not rape me. After raping them, they started
cutting them with their knives until they killed them.
At that point, I started running and shouting for help, but one
of them came after me and cut me with a knife and I fell down.“I passed
out for sometime and in my pool of blood, they thought I was dead, but
luckily, when they left, I gathered myself and managed to escape back to
the village. That was how I found myself at the hospital.”
According to Vanguard, Jirgba is currently in the intensive care at a public hospital in Makurdi.
Meanwhile the suspect, 20-year-old Adamu Ibrahim, who confessed to
using his cutlass to slaughter his victims but denied raping them said
he committed it under the influence of a drug called Tramol 200 which
he takes to get high and have energy.
Narrating what transpired he said: “I was in the bush grazing my
cow when a Tiv man approached me claiming that I damaged his farm. I
told him I was not the one and he insisted I was the one. In the midst
of the argument and confusion, my herds scattered in the bush. I started
chasing after them in order to gather them.
On my way, I met three girls whom I asked if they knew the man that was accusing me of destroying his farm and they said yes.
“They, however, refused to disclose the man’s residence, claiming
that they did not know his house. The eldest amongst the girls started
insulting me and she came and held my cutlass. I told her to get off my
cutlass. She continued pulling the cutlass. The second one came and
started taunting me and pulling my dagger and in the process, the knife
cut her hand.“I withdrew from them and asked if they can face me and
they said yes. That was why I pulled out my knife and cut the eldest.
The other one that had a cut on her hand ran and moved away and was
watching from a distance, but I also caught up with her and cut her
down. I also did the same thing to the third.”
“No other Fulani herdsman was there, I did it alone. I swear that
I did not rape them. They pushed me into what I did because I was
pleading and asking that they left me alone. I feel very sorry for what I
did, because it is a crime.”
The suspect speaking of his parents said his father is dead while his
mother who he barely knows gave him out to one Alhaji Kawo Ibrahim who
brought him up as a herdsman.
Meanwhile the newly posted Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Hyacinth Dagala, who said the incident will be thoroughly investigated
while reacting to the unfortunate incident said: “I feel bad about
this because it is absurd and unfounded for women who are ordinarily
non-violent to be killed in such violent manner. I was
personally shocked when I heard about the incident and got particularly
worried when I discovered the manner these young girls were killed.”The
clash between natives and Fulanis have led to the lose of lives, with
many asking that the Fulanis should move to other states, while others
feel that since they are Nigerians, they should not be restricted.
However, Dagala preached peace while urging leaders of the Herdsmen and
the host communities to make it a priority to educate their people on
the need to live in peace with one another in the collective interest of
all.
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