Middle Belt group decries continuous attacks by suspected herdsmen in Benue, Kaduna, others
premeditated attacks by suspected herdsmen resulting in the loss of lives and massive destruction of property.
The forum further observed, “Penultimate Sunday, these bandits had invaded Igede communities of Itakpa and Echori in Okpokwu Council Ward of Obi Local Government Area of Benue State where they killed no fewer than 15 persons and injured 23 persons. Those who sustained various degrees of injuries were taken to hospitals in Oju and Otukpo LGAs, while hundreds of internally displaced persons took refuge at the IDP camp located at the Pilot Primary School Ibarike-ito.
In one of the assaults, it further added that residents had sighted a helicopter before a group of gunmen stormed their village and ransacked the entire settlement, stressing that the deployment of helicopters for surveillance fits the narration of previous attacks where an appearance of a helicopter is always a precursor for such attacks, including that of Gbagyi and Adara communities in Chikun and Kajuru LGAs of Kaduna State.
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