MAKURDI – At least five persons were
reportedly killed Wednesday in fresh attacks
on Logo, Guma and Okpokwu local
government areas of Benue state by suspected
herdsmen.
Among the victims were two women whose
dead bodies were found in Guma while two
others were killed in Logo and another killed
in Okpokwu.
The latest killings was announced by
Governor Samuel Ortom when he played host
to leaders of Southern and Middle Belt Forum
at the Benue Government House in Makurdi.
The Governor said “as we speak, despite the
deployment of more security personnel to the
state to check the killings, four persons where
yesterday killed in Guma and Logo local
government areas.
“Aside that, pockets of killings are still going
on, that is why I am reiterating my call on
security agents to arrest the leadership of
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore who had issued
threats to resisting implementation of the
Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches
Establishment Law in the state.”
When contacted, the state Police Public
Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent,
ASP, Moses Yamu confirmed that bodies of
two women were recovered by the road side
in Guma.
Yamu explained that one person was also
killed in Okpokwu while another person was
reported missing adding that he was yet to be
briefed about the killings in Logo.
Source:Vanguard
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