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Published 1 May 2021
Published 1 May 2021
Nine people reportedly lost their lives in Benue and Delta states to suspected herders attack and tussle over market levy.
In the Benue incident, about five persons were reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen who stormed some villages in Gwer West Local Government area of Benue State in the early hours of Friday.
However, some of the armed herdsmen were said to have escaped with gunshot wounds after troops of
Operation Whirl Stroke trailed them to the Benue Nasarawa border and engaged them in a gun duel.
According to locals, the armed herdsmen first invaded Ahume Village along Makurdi/Naka Road and dislodged by the troops who stationed at the village to ward off possible attack by the invaders.