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Suspected Herdsmen Attack Another Internally Displaced Persons, Kill Five, Abduct Two in Benue State

By Isaac Kertyo, Makurdi

Barely two weeks after suspected Militia Herdsmen attacked and killed over ten Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, at the Abagena camp in Guma Local Government, armed bandits have shot dead five IDPs and abducted two Persons in Gwer-west Local Government Area of Benue State.

Findings by Day Break showed that the victims who are currently taking refuge in one of the camps in the local government went home to carry food items for their families who are also in the camp where suspected Militia herders attacked and killed five of them, abducting two others.

The villages that came under attack include; Tse Shishim and Tse Iber in Ahumbe, Saav , Ukusu Council Ward and Mbaatan, Kunav, Sengev Council Ward of Gwer-west Local Government.

Reacting to the incident, the Chairman, Gwer-west Local Government Council, Mrs Grace Igbabon lamented the sustained attacks on some communities by Suspected Herdsmen.

She urged security agents to intensify surveillance to prevent the attackers from unleashing mayhem on innocent citizens and to allow farmers go about their farming activities.

The Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP Sewuese Anene was unavailable for comments on the killings as at the time of filing this report.

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