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Bandits Kill 13 in Fresh Attack On Benue Communities

POSTED ON July 16, 2024 •   Metro      BY Benedicta Bassey
Suspected bandits/ Photo credit: Premiumtimes

Suspected gunmen have killed 13 people in separate attacks on Benue communities.

According to locals, 12 people were reportedly killed in Egwuma in the Agatu Local Government Area, while one displaced person returning from a farm was killed in the Gwer West LGA of the state.

Some locals who spoke to journalists on Monday said one displaced person was injured and five others were missing.

Confirming the report, a lawmaker representing the Agatu constituency at the State House of Assembly, Godwin Edoh, said 12 people were killed.

He said, “We are tired of these daily killings. At Ogbumogbo, Ejima and all those areas down to Ikpele, those villages have been deserted for almost one year. Those places are like the Fulani colony.

“This one that happened yesterday, 12 people were killed.”
In Gwer West LGA, suspected armed herders were reported to have attacked some displaced persons who were returning from their farms on Sunday.

During the ensuing melee, one person was killed, one injured and five others still missing.

A former camp manager in Agagbe IDP camp, Jacob Terna, said, “Armed herders attacked and killed Mr Ikyumbu Aondowase, 30 years, while  Mr Achin Terzungwe, 45 years, was badly injured and five others missing.”

He said the suspected armed herders ambushed the displaced people while returning from their farms.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, confirmed the killing of five people in the Agatu community but said she was not aware of the incident in Agagbe.

“There was an attack in Agatu, about five persons were killed but in Gwer West, I am not aware of that,” the PPRO said.

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