SURVIVORS and aggrieved families today narrated their ordeals in the hands of suspected killer-herdsmen that yesterday invaded Mgban Primary School.
Bernard Shawa, the district head of Nyiev Community, said he lost two of his sons in the recent attack.
One of the survivors, Mnenna Orkega, described how she and her children had gone to sleep only to be woken up by indiscriminate gunshots.
The traditional leader urged the state and federal governments to put an end to the state’s killing of innocent citizens.
The primary school at Mgban in Nyiev Council Ward in the state’s Guma Local Government Area was invaded by suspected killer-herdsmen on a black Good Friday and reports reveal that many persons were killed in the attack.
said, “I and my children were already asleep but we were woken up by gunshots that swept over here.”
Speaking in the Tiv language, the woman said she attempted to escape through the window when one of the herdsmen grabbed her child and killed her.
On his part, the community head, Bernard said, “I lost two of my sons during the attack, this was not the first time these people (herdsmen) were attacking us here. There was an attack on the day of the presidential election, February 25, 2023 during which 12 persons were killed,” he said.
Mnenna Orkega, one of the survivors, spoke about how she and her kids had gone to bed only to be awakened by random gunshots today while other hurt families also shared their stories.
