Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday visited the graveyard of the 73 persons killed by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. The former president arrived Makurdi to condole with the government and people of the state where he was received at the airport by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and other members of his cabinet. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the state next week.
Not less than 158 persons have been reportedly killed in the state as a result of sustained herdsmen attacks in the state since the January 11th, an event that led to a mass burial and protest by youths in Makurdi, the state capital.
The former President is also expected to meet stakeholders at the government house.
He is also expected to visit the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp located in Agan Toll Gate, where over 34, displaced residents of the state are taking refuge.
