Herdsmen kill 2 policemen in Benue in an ambush — PPRO.

                                   
The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the
killing of two of its personnel by suspected herdsmen
in an ambush in Logo Local Government Area of the
state on Monday.
Confirming the incident to newsmen in Makurdi on
Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Moses
Yamu, said a police patrol team sent to the area was
attacked late on Monday.
He said the command immediately dispatched a
reinforcement team which repelled the attackers and
restored normalcy in the area.
Yamu said because of the nature of the attack, it was
difficult to ascertain the number of casualties,
especially as the attackers were many.
The Chairman of Guma Local Government,  Mr
Anthony Shawon, had alleged that hordes of herdsmen
were camped at Dogon Yashi Forest from where they
 launched attacks on villages in the area.
Shawon, who is also the Chairman of Association of
Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria in Benue,
explained that the forest stretched from Guma to Logo
on the banks of River Benue covering over 57km.
The suspected herders had attacked some Benue
communities on New Yew Day and killed 71 people.
The state government has fixed Thursday for the mass
burial of the victims.