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Atiku Speaks On Mass Burial Of 73 Benue People Killed By Herdsmen

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sympathise with the people of Benue state following the mass burial of 73 people killed by herdsmen.

This is following the recent attacks on Logo and Guma local governments in the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

In a post on his Twitter handle, Atiku wrote: “My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Benue as they bury their dead and mourn those killed in the bloodletting of last week.”

Those who attended the mass burial include: Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom; his deputy, Engr Benson Abounu, APC national chairman, John Odigie Oyegun, Senators George Akume, Barnabas Gemade, Philip Dunka Nasarawa North, Segun Oni, Gen. Lawrence Onoja, Prof Jerry Agada and others were in attendance.

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