’300 lives lost to cattle owners, farmers’ clashes’

The Peace and Conflict Committee on the dispute between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue
State said on Wednesday that “over 300″ lives had been lost so far.
Members of the committee, led by Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Eihoda (retd), met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu
Tambuwal, in Abuja. Eihoda, who said the attacks on villages by
herdsmen were on the increase, informed Tambuwal that farmlands and house were not
spared.
He added, “Farmlands have been destroyed while countless number of persons have been rendered homeless.”
Eihoda praied the efforts by the House to resolve the problem by calling for increased security presence in Agatu.
He urged the Speaker to ensure that the intervention of the House did not end with the motion it passed on Agatu crisis, but should follow it up by mounting pressure on the executive arm of government to act on time.
Tambuwal condemned the incessant conflicts in many parts of the country.
The Speaker expressed concern that security agencies were overstretched by the high number of skirmishes they had to contend
with on a regular basis.
He appealed to Nigerians to learn to live together peacefully.