Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday invaded Agbudu community in Kogi-Koton-Karfe Local Government area, killing 14 persons and injuring six.
The state Police Commissioner, Ede Ayuba, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Lokoja, said he got the report about 2 am“This morning around 2 am, my Area Commander called me to report that he received information that there was an attack on the Agbudu community.
The commissioner said he later went to the scene of the crime and took part in the collection of the dead bodies, adding that: “I was there and I was part of those who picked some of the dead bodies we are talking about.” The commissioner said that the police had carried out some preliminary investigations and discovered that there had been long-standing communal fued in the community.
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