Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- Fifteen people killed in Efeyi-Utikpi, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, have been given a .mass burial amid grief and renewed calls for stronger security in the state's rural communities.

The victims, including women and children, were killed on 28 July when suspected armed herders attacked the farming community in the Ugboju District.

According to AIT, which reported the mass burial on Sunday, residents gathered in Efeyi-Utikpi to lay the victims to rest, weeks after a similar attack in the same local government area.

The report said the attack left homes destroyed and residents traumatised, with community leaders urging the federal and state governments to move beyond condemnations and provide effectiv...