New attacks by suspected armed herdsmen on the Ikpele and Okpokpolo communities of the Agatu Local Government Area, or LGA, of Benue State are said to have resulted in the deaths of at least two individuals.
Additionally, the attackers demolished several communities’ homes; while many have been proclaimed missing, others were accounted for to have supported wounds.
This occurred just a week after a similar attack on the Okokolo community in the same Agatu LGA resulted in the deaths of three security personnel and two others.
It was assembled from a source in the space that the pirates raged the networks in their numbers Tuesday night at around 10 p.m. from adjoining Nasarawa State.
As indicated by the source, “the assault happened yesterday (Tuesday) night. Yesterday night, they attacked Ikpele, Okpokpolo, and other locations all night long; the precise number of people killed is still unknown.
“There was a serious fight in the evening. Two bodies have so far been recuperated. Many houses were scorched. As a matter of fact, inside the went after networks, no less than 17 consumed houses were counted. People have left their homes and are looking for shelter in nearby villages and towns.
A people group pioneer and previous Chief for Data, Culture, and The travel industry, Mr. Mike Inalegwu, who affirmed the episode, said, “truly yesterday the equipped herders went after Okpokpolo town and killed two people while the locals were thinking about their speculative assault on the Ogbai people group.
“The pressure is high, and the seven towns on the Kogi State boundary of the nearby government is abandoned. This is legitimate.”
The Unique Counsel to the Benue State Lead representative on Security and Inside Issues, Boss Joseph Har, who affirmed the assault, said he had no subtleties of the setback figure.
At the point when reached, the Police Advertising Official, Administrator, SP, Catherine Anene, said she still couldn’t seem to get subtleties of the occurrence.
