Buhari under pressure to disarm herdsmen

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the federal government to institute a Presidential Task Force to commence immediate disarmament of armed herdsmen in Benue and other parts of the country.

The House also resolved to set up an Ad-hoc Committee to examine measures taken by security agencies in the country to curb the menace.

The resolutions followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Rep. Emmanuel Orker-Jev (Benue-APC) and 10 others.

Presenting the motion, Orker-Jev condemned the invasion of communities in Buruku local government area of Benue by armed and strange herdsmen on March 9.

According to him, the herdsmen destroyed farms, plundered yam barns and looted houses deserted by innocent and harmless villagers.