Benue State Police Command mentioned suspected herders have attacked Egwuma neighborhood in Agatu native authorities space and killed 5 individuals.
The command’s spokesperson, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the event to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi yesterday.
Anene mentioned the Command had deployed further personnel to keep up peace.
Mr Godwin Edoh, the member representing Agatu constituency within the state Home of Meeting, additionally confirmed the assault however put the variety of victims at 12.
The lawmaker lamented the incessant killings of his constituents and known as on governments and safety businesses to take proactive measures to curtail the assaults.
“Authorities needs to be decisive about what to do about this space as a result of it’s so porous.
“The Ogbumogbo, Ejima and different villages right down to Ikpele, have been abandoned for shut to 1 yr.
“The herders come over to the abandoned villages with their cattle for grazing within the morning and go away within the night.
“They can do these as a result of the villagers had left their communities for worry of assaults, and the safety brokers usually are not doing sufficient to deal with this growth,’’ he mentioned.
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