At least 23 persons including a Police officer have been killed and 11 others seriously injured as gunmen attacked Gbeji community in Ukum local government
He said, “I am shocked over the attack owing to the fact that there is the presence of military men at Kente, a settlement on the Benue-Taraba border, two kilometres from Gbeji, with another military checkpoint at Gou, three kilometres from Gbeji, yet the armed men operated successfully for over one hour without any hinderance.”
Elder Iorngaem explained that the gunmen stormed Gbeji town through St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Gbeji, shooting sporadically and killing 18 persons in the process including a police sergeant who attempted to repel them. Also confirming the incedent, chairman of Ukum of LGA, Tyoumbur Kaatyo, described the attack as unprovoked, adding that the corpses of those who died in the attack have already been deposited in the mortuary while those that were brutally macheted were receiving treatment at a public hospital in Afia.
The Security Adviser gave the names of those who were killed in the attack as Mtem Torpav, Eje Abraham , Zege, Afam Abama, Akor Jem, John Nor, Torlumun Orabende, Orpandega Terseer, Bem Nyichia, Atseva Ortwer, Mrs. Torsar,Nyave Tyoulugh, Kpaver Tion, Ugba Joseph,
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