The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Emenari Ifeanyi, was on Sunday chased away from the Wurukum Roundabout protest ground in Makurdi by angry youths.
Daily Post reports that a crowd of aggrieved protesters had gathered at the area to protest the brutal killing of over 200 residents in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area.
The protesters, dressed in black and wielding placards, took to the streets to demand justice and immediate action from both the state and federal governments.
Their chants echoed with grief and outrage as they called for an end to the unrelenting attacks by suspected armed herdsmen.
The police commissioner, who arrived at the protest venue with a team of heavily armed officers to address the demonstrators, was met with hostility.
His attempt to speak did not go down well with the enraged youths, who shouted him down and demanded that he “go to Yelewata”;, where the massacre occurred, instead of addressing them in the state capital.
Shortly after the commissioner left the scene, police operatives began firing teargas at the protesters, leading to panic and several reported injuries.
