At least eight people have been killed in an attack by suspected bandits on a community in Benue. The bandits were said to have attacked the community opposite the internally
January 20, 2023 12:00 PMThe bandits were said to have attacked the community opposite the internally displaced persons camp in Abagana, Makurdi, the Benue capital, on Thursday night.
“Abagana is a sprawling community in Makurdi, the state capital of Benue, along Makurdi-Abuja road housing thousands of people displaced from their ancestral lands and are living in the IDPs camp set up by the State government,” the statement reads.“The bandits who did not even come with herds of cattle were armed to the teeth and killed several other persons in sight leaving trails of blood.
According to Ikyur, Hemba said the “attack was unprovoked as the villagers were already set to go to bed when they met their untimely deaths in the hands of the Fulani bandits”.
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