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I Lost 20 Family Members In One Day - Benue Resident Laments

I Lost 20 Family Members In One Day - Benue Resident Laments

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 Speaking in a chat with News Central, a distraught Ajah shared his sad experience.

 
Michael Ajah, a resident of Benue state has lamented after losing 20 family members in the recent attacks by suspected bandits and terrorists in the Yelewata area of the state.
 
Recall that over 200 persons were killed by the terrorists last weekend.
 
Speaking in a chat with News Central, a distraught Ajah shared his sad experience:
 
‘’My family members died in this house, eleven of them. Some d!ed in the other store, eight of them. My whole family members that died on that very day were 20. That is my own family members. I am not talking about any other thing.''
 
He stated that his store and his house were razed down by the assailants during the attack. 
 
He stated that the shirt he was wearing during the interview was the only thing he has to his name now. 
 
Recounting how the sad incident happened Ajah said;
 
‘’On that very day, rain started in the evening. I was sleeping. Around 10.20pm, we heard gunshots,. Before we could notice what happened, Fulani herdsmen entered this place''
 
When asked how sure he is that the assailants were Fulani herdsmen, Ajah said;
 
‘’I was hearing them clearly. Not that someone told me.I was inside that room and they surrounded that room. I escaped narrowly, My brothers got burnt in this house.''
 
Watch a video of him speaking below
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