3 killed as armed herdsmen launch fresh attack in Benue
No fewer than 3 people have been killed as suspected armed herdsmen launched attack at Ogbaulu community in Agatu Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. It was gathered that the victims were murdered Friday afternoon in their farms by the marauders who sneaked into the community from neighbouring Apa LGA. The caretaker chairman of […]
No fewer than 3 people have been killed as suspected armed herdsmen launched attack at Ogbaulu community in Agatu Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State.
It was gathered that the victims were murdered Friday afternoon in their farms by the marauders who sneaked into the community from neighbouring Apa LGA.
The caretaker chairman of Agatu LGA, Mr. Yakubu Ochepo, who confirmed the killings, explained that two of the victims were indigenes of Agatu while the third was from Apa LGA.
According to him, “the attack took place on Friday afternoon when the three victims were working at their various farms in the community.
“The armed herdsmen came through our border community with Apa LGA. They attacked and hacked the victims to death right on their farms.”
The chairman, who decried the latest killings, lamented the ceaseless attacks on Agatu communities by armed herdsmen despite all efforts to end the mindless attacks.
He appealed to both the state and Federal Governments to take decisive action to end the carnage by deploying more security personnel to Agatu to check the activities of the killer herdsmen in the LGA.
Efforts to reach the Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Catherine Anene, were unsuccessful.
In anther development, at least twenty-four persons are said to have been killed and several others wounded in a fresh bandits attack on Unguwar Sarkin Noma Community in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Those killed were mostly vigilante members who reportedly came out to confront the bandits.
Local Security official told Channels Television that during the attack which lasted for about an hour, four villages were raided by the hoodlums in what he described as reprisals over military offensives on the bandits hideouts.
He explained that the hoodlums stormed the villages of Unguwar Sarkin Noma, Gangara, Tafi and Kore on Thursday night at about 9:00 PM shooting sporadically to scare the residents.
The Chairman of Sabuwa Local Government Council, Faruq Dalhatu, on a telephone call, said 23 of the victims were buried in accordance with the Islamic rites on Friday morning after the attack which took place on Thursday night.
He added that the last victim was also conveyed for burial from the hospital after he was certified dead.
“Upon hearing of the bandits mission to attack the Local Government Council, we swung into action by informing virtually all the security agencies.
“They (security agencies) all responded to our distress call and availed themselves to the community. Before you know it, the Bandits raided the community and killed these people.
“23 people were buried from the beginning, in accordance with Islamic rites and the last victim was conveyed from the hospital after he was certified dead,” he added.
Police authorities are yet to make comment on the attack as phone calls put through the spokesman of the State Police Command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, were unanswered.
Sabuwa is among eight most vulnerable security frontline Local Government Areas in Katsina State where activities of bandits are on the increase almost on daily basis.
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