Gloom reigned as the people of Benue State converged on Thursday at the IBB Square, Makurdi, Benue State, to bid bye to their loved ones killed by suspected herdsmen in an attack carried out on the first day of the new year, 2018.
No fewer than 73 people were killed in the attack and several people who were critically injured are still in hospitals.
Below is a pictorial on the event:
Carterpila preparing a mass grave for victims of herdsmen killings near Mobile Police Baracks in Makurdi, Benue State