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Traditional rulers, LG officials arrested over killing of soldiers in Benue
April 19
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Ortom on Monday said their arrest was part of the resolution of the state’s security council.
Those arrested are Sam Kave, deputy chairman, Konshisha LGA; Tersoo Mela, councillor representing Mbatser/Mbaguza ward; Unaha Koko, the district head of Iwarnyam and Emmanuel Adegbenda, head of Bonta.
Reading the resolutions of the security council, the governor said the four suspects had useful information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of the soldiers.
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The soldiers were killed on April 5 while on an operation to restore peace between warring communities in Konshisha and Oju LGAs.
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Following the recent killings of about 12 soldiers in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State by local militias, the State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday said four suspects have been arrested and more arms have also been recovered.
Ortom who briefed journalists on Monday after an expanded Security Council meeting with stakeholders from Konshisha Local Government Area, said the military during the search operation recovered one AK-47.
He stated that efforts of the Security Council, traditional rulers led by Tor Jechira, Chief Clement Uganden and Ter Ikyor, Chief Jam Gbinde as well as political leaders also led to the recovery of eight AK-47 rifles and one machine gun.
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Two persons were confirmed dead while one other sustained various degrees of injuries in a road crash that occurred on Monday on the Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna car and a truck.
Akinbiyi explained that the accident which occurred at 11:15 am was caused by the driver of the Sienna car who was on top speed.
He said the driver of the car lost control and hit the loaded stationary truck.
He said a male teenager and a woman who were in the Toyota Sienna marked MUS 264 XV died in the accident while one other person sustained injuries.
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Konshisha: Benue hands over two rulers, LG Vice-Chair, Councilor to Police for investigation
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By Peter Duru, Makurdi
Two paramount rulers in Konshisha Local Government Area, LGA, the Vice Chairman of the Council and the Councilor representing Mbagusa/Mbatsev Council Ward where 12 soldiers were killed on Easter day have been handed over to the Police for investigation.
This came as the Benue state government in collaboration with stakeholders in the LGA have also recovered eight of the 12 riffles confiscated from the slain soldiers.
Governor Samuel Ortom who made this known Monday after presiding over an expanded State Security Council meeting in Makurdi which had stakeholders of the LGA in attendance commended them for supporting the government realize the promise he made to the military high command and the federal government that everything would be done to recover the confiscated weapons.