Report reaching IGBERE TV says the main market in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State has been set ablazed at the early hours of October 1st when the country is celebrating her independence day.
This coming less that 48hours after suspected herdsmen reportedly invaded Okpoga community in Okpokwu LGA of Benue State killing no fewer than 6 persons.
An eye witness account who spoke with IGBERE TV news correspondence says lock-up shops numbering over 500 was razed while goods and property worth milions of naira was destroyed.
As at the press time, IGBERE TV is yet to ascertained the real cause of the fire outbreak. But source who craved for anonymity while speaking with IGBERE TV links the mayhem as a handi work of Fulani armed Herdsmen whose operations include arson in the past few month.
