Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Sunday stormed Igama community of Edumoga Ehaje district in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, and left no fewer than 11 persons, burnt houses in the community.
The gunmen reportedly stormed the community on Sunday, around 4 am and opened fire on the residents of the community
Hon, Amina Audu Chairman of Okpokwu LGA, who confirmed the attack, said she had received three corpses at Okpoga, the local government headquarters, while another six corpses were being brought from Igama, one of the affected villages.
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She added that the gunmen operated in the affected communities, Unchallenged at 4.00am on Sunday, adding that the victims were all youths while the elderly and women were allowed to escape.
“I’m right now at the Police station in Okpoga awaiting the corpses, soldiers and other security men are here with me,” she said.
SP Catherine Anene, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Benue Command, confirmed the incident, adding that the command is yet to receive details from officers who went to the scene.
In a related development, it was a gory spectacle as some alleged herdsmen last Monday killed two farmers at Ikyungwa Tombo Ward, near the Ayilamo community of the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Confirming the killing, the Chairman of the local government area, Agber Terse, who gave the names of the deceased as; Bem Uhembe and Mungwa Zuzu, said the deceased were returning from their farm around 5.00 pm on Monday when they were attacked by herders, adding that their corpse has been deposited at Ayilamo mortuary.
He said the deceased were all from Tse Ibor village, just as he alleged that the settlement was taken over by suspected herders.
Agber blamed militant herders for the killing of the duo occasioned by the consistent invasion of Tombo ward, a farming settlement, which had been under sustained attacks by gunmen suspected to be herders since 2016.