Chemical Weapons Attack on Nigerian Soil - Benue attack claims 200 lives

Benue State Commissioner for Information, Mr Justin Amatse, has disclosed that about 200 people have so far been killed with suspected chemical weapon in the state since the attack on the people of the state began.

Benue has been under the  grip of suspected Fulani herdsmen in recent times, leading to death of several people, but the state governor, Dr Gabriel Suswam, had earlier declared the attackers as terrorists who use herdsmen as smokescreen.

The attack took a dangerous dimension during the week when over 10 persons, including women and children, were found to have died of poisonous substance suspected to be chemical weapon.

According to sources, the victims had no cuts, gun-shot wounds nor bruises on their bodies but were found stony dead after  gunmen attacked their village at Sengev community in Gwer West Local Government Area of the state.

The Information Commissioner, who spoke  to newsmen on Friday, however, said that the ugly development had caught the attention of Federal Government, as he confirmed the incident in Gwer West. He added that the death toll from the poisonous substance suspected to be chemical weapon was 200.
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