SUSPECTED herdsmen on Tuesday night stormed Mondo Village, Ukemberagya Gaambetiev Council Ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State and shot five people dead.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspected herdsmen had invaded the community around 11 pm.
A community leader in the area, Chief Joseph Anawah said that the Fulani herdsmen who stormed the village at about 11 pm killed five people and also injured others.
The community leader gave the names of the deceased victims as Torkaa Gbim, Celina Tavershima, Ayilaga Tavershima, Sonter Tavershima & Terkaa Tavershima disclosed that other persons were still missing.
Another villager who did not want to be mentioned told our correspondent that of the five people that were murdered, four were on Wednesday morning buried while the remains of the fifth person have been kept in the mortuary.
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The local said that the village has been deserted.
The chairman of the local government, Richard Nyajo who confirmed the report said he had reported the attack to the Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), Maj Gen Adeyemi Yekini.
However, Gen Yekini who confirmed the report explained that the attack was a spillover of the Jukun/Tiv crisis in Kente, Taraba State yesterday.
Yekini said that the village that was attacked in Logo was very close to the area that was attacked in Taraba stressing that his troops had already visited the scene of the attack.
“My officer visited the village and confirmed that the incident was a spillover attack from the Jukun of Kente following the outbreak of inter-communal clashes yesterday between the Jukun and Tiv at Kente Taraba State.
“I spoke with the Security Adviser to Governor Ortom and he is already on his way to Wukari to find an amicable solution to the Internet-communal crisis while our troops are also patrolling the border areas between the two states,” Yekini stated.
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