The Police Command in Benue State has confirmed the death of 11 people in herdsmen attacked of two separate communities, in Katsina Ala and Makurdi local government areas of the state.
The Next Edition gathered that gunmen suspected to be herdsmen invaded Zongo-Akiki community in mbalagh council ward, Makurdi local government area the state on Thursday killing five persons and leaving others with various degrees of injuries.
It was gathered that the herdsmen, in their numbers, invaded the community around 7 to 8pm.
As at the time of filing this report, most members of the community, including women and children, were still missing.
We gathered that corpses recovered from the attack have been deposited at the mortuary of one of the hospitals in the North bank suburb of Makurdi while another five people have been reported missing.
The attackers it was further learnt had invaded the village, which is located behind the NASME Army barracks in North bank in the early hours of Thursday and killed their victims, leaving many others wounded.
In a related development, six persons were also said to have been killed in the second attack that took place in Anyom community of Mbatyula council ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of the state last Wednesday.
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The incident occurred between 3pm and 4pm at the community on Wednesday, a border town with Taraba state
Sources close to the Chairman, Katsina-Ala LGA, Alfred Atera who confirmed the killings at Anyom explained that the assailants stormed the farmlands of the victims, let loose their cows on their produce, killed and abducted some of the women whose whereabouts are still unknown.
According to the source, “At the moment six people have been confirmed dead, while the whereabouts of some remain unknown.”
When we contacted, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) Benue command, DSP Catherine Anene confimed five deaths at the Northbank where armed men invaded the village and shot people on their way to their farm.
She said their corpses have been removed to Federal Medical Center Morgue while police teams have moved to the area to prevent further breakdown of law and order.
