By Peter Duru, Makurdi
Seven-year-old Mwese Nyatan, a survivor of last April’s attack on Saint Ignatius Quasi Catholic Parish, Mbalom in Gwer local government area of Benue State, where two Catholic priests and 17 parishioners were killed by suspected armed herdsmen, has appealed to the Federal Government to arrest and prosecute the masterminds of the attack.
Mwese, who was hacked on the head and left to die by the invaders, believes the attackers who stormed the community on the fateful day were armed herdsmen and not Tiv farmers.
She still carries about nine inches long scar on her head and could hardly move her right hand and leg as a result of the injury when Sunday Vanguard visited her at Ayar Mbalom.
The victim appealed to government and public-spirited Nigerians to help her overcome her deformity through corrective surgery.
Unlucky
Narrating the April attack, Mwese said, “We woke up on the fateful day, April 22, and, still at home, when we saw…
