11 DEAD IN RECENT HERDSMEN ATTACK

A recent attack by suspected herdsmen has reportedly claimed the lives of no fewer than eleven persons and left many others injured in Tse Akombo village in Mbaniage District of logo local government area of Benue State on Friday night.

Logo and Guma local government areas are the hotbeds of herdsmen’s attacks, that had left over sixty people dead since January 1 this year.

While the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, confirmed eleven persons killed, the state police command confirmed that ten corpses had been so far recovered from the village following the attack.

The Governor who confirmed the killing through his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase yesterday evening lamented that the situation was getting out of hands and thus called on the federal government to rise and address it. He restated his call on the federal government to come to the help of the state by deploying a lot of armed security men to the area to avert further attacks.

The state Police publicity Officer (PPRO) ASP Moses Yamu had disclosed that the police received a report that concerning 9:30pm on Friday, suspected herdsmen invaded Tse Akombo village and attacked the people and killed four persons.

Yamu gave the names of the deceased as Terhile Tyodzua, Mlahaga Tse, Chiangi Tyozdua and one other whose name wasn't known but said to be a traveller.  Yamu however later confirmed that ten corpses were recovered in the aftermath of the attack.

He said mobile police unit had already deployed four reinforcement led by the area Commander of Katsina-Ala and they had arrived logo to forestall further incidence.

No fewer than fifty persons are reportedly killed in coordinated attacks on Tom-Atar and Umenge, Akor villages in Guma, Governor Samuel Ortom’s home town and Ayilamo, Turan, Ngambe-Tiev in logo local government areas of Benue state by suspected herdsmen.


The attacks on the communities which started late New Year’s day have left many persons injured with several homes destroyed while many persons remain unaccounted for, just as thousands of people are forced to escape their homes.