The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian students (NANS) has condemned the gruesome murder of farmers in Benue State by herdsmen which made them call on the Federal Government to label marauding herdsmen across the country a terrorist group.

This was contained released in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of NANS, Comrade Okereafor Bestman Opeyemi, the student body described the killings as barbaric and callous, saying the activities of the herdsmen remained a big threat to democracy.

“The National Association Of Nigerian Students condemns in all totality the New year herdsmen attack on residents of Benue state, leaving at least 33 people dead and several others injured, thereby causing residents to flee the State to seek refuge in Nasarawa State.

“We consider the heartless and cruel activities of the herdsmen as a threat to our democracy, and call on the Presidency to declare the herdsmen as a terrorist group and be treated as such without delay.