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From Scholastica Onyeka, Makurdi
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have, again, killed two people at Tse Igbur in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.
This is barely one week after suspected herders attacked Gbeji community in Ukum local government area of the state and killed 36 people, including women and children.
A leader from the community, Mr. Joseph Anawah, said the incident took place around 6pm on Sunday.
He said the two people were riding on a motorcycle when they were shot dead by people suspected to be herders.
Anawah said: “Today, Sunday October 23, 2022, at about 6pm, Mr Aondona Saai and Mr Avalumun Ukerchia Adaa, all of Tse-Igbur in Ukemberagya of Ukemberagya/Tswarev Council ward of Logo LGA, were murdered by armed herdsmen at Tse Ikem, on the road near Anawah settlement, between Chembe and Anyiin road.”
Anawah alleged that the attack and killing occurred near a checkpoint at Arufu town. Chairman of Logo LG, Salome Tor, who confirmed the incident, said killing has been going on in her area since August.
“The one on Sunday involved two men and a lady who were on motorcycles when they were ambushed. The incident happened around 5pm, not even at night. They shot them and butchered them. But the lady among them fled into the bush and she was the one that came to inform us.”
The chairman, who noted that combined security men, comprising military, police and agro rangers, had been patrolling the area, called for more officers to be stationed in the area as, according to her, the suspected herders always hide in the bush to monitor people’s movement.
(Continued on www.sunnewsonline.com)
When contacted, the state Police Command spokesperson, Catherine Anene, said she was yet to receive a report on the attack.
