Gbajimba, headquarters of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, the most current location, took more than 45 lives. The massacres come with warnings. Last year, Anyii, Governor Gabriel Suswam’s village, was among places some marauders appropriated. Suswam’s entourage was attacked while inspecting attacked villages marauders had attacked, killing many. Some accounts said more than 200 villages were attacked.
NEITHER the official reaction, nor the reasons adduced for the killing of more than 40 students of tertiary institutions in Mubi, Adamawa State, three years ago could excuse another in the series of loss of lives. Many other killings, with the circumstances different, the gruesomeness outstanding and the brutality on women and children have not elicited the reactions and actions that could stop the killings.
Suswam was travelling with a powerful team, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Terhile Ayua, Benue State Commissioner of Police, Adams Audu, soldiers, and other security personnel. The convoy was