No fewer than nine persons were early hours of Wednesday reportedly killed in separate attacks in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State by gunmen suspected to be members of a militia.
It was gathered that three people were killed at Jooter, a border community between Benue and Taraba states. Six others, among them a nursing mother, were reportedly killed at Mbamena settlement.
On the Jooter attack by suspected Jukun militia, a local who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the militiamen suspected to be from Taraba State, stormed the border community at about 4am through Wukari and shot sporadically. Confirming the incident, Caretaker committee chairman for Ukum Local Government Area, Mr Tortyokaa Ibellogo, said six people were killed in the two attacks but accused the Jukuns of being behind the attacks.
However, the Benue State Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Catherine Anne, confirmed that three unidentified corpses were recovered in Jooter but declined comment on Mbamena.
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