BREAKING: Herdsmen Kill Four Persons In Benue Villages | Sahara Reporters Among those killed in the rampage on Monday night were two women, while several other villagers sustained varying degrees of gun wounds. PoliceNG READ MORE:
Armed bandits suspected to be herdsmen, have attacked and killed four persons in two villages in Benue State.
At Agasha Village under Guma Local Government Area, three persons were killed including an aged woman. Force Commander, OPWS, Major General Adeyemi Yekini, who disclosed this to journalists said,"Please be informed that some suspected armed herdsmen infiltrated Agasha in Guma LGA of Benue State and killed two villagers overnight.
"Troops subsequently tracked the assailants through some of the nearby communities overnight, while other troops deployed at Tomatar across the river also in Guma blocked the escape route towards Nasarawa State.
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