Angry residents of communities along the Makurdi–Lafia road, on Saturday, blocked the highway in protest over the killing of five on their way to the farm in the outskirts of Makurdi, bordering Guma Local Government Area of Benue state.
The protesters were said to have blocked the road with the corpses of three of the victims. Two people were killed around Tse Adaa village of Guma on Friday, while the remaining three were hacked to death at Abagena, and Atsom communities of Makurdi LGA on Saturday morning.
A resident of the community, Terkaa Asongo, said the killings prompted the protesters to move the corpses to the road, demanding government action to end the attacks.
Motorists plying the highway
were stranded for hours as the villagers insisted the state governor must address them.
Spokesperson of the Benue state command, Udeme Edet, confirmed the killing of two farmers in a Guma village.
Edet, however, said she was not aware of any road block with corpses.
