Benue Deputy Governor, Dr Sam Ode has strongly condemned the gruesome attacks on Akpachi community in Ugboju District and Otukpo-Nobi community in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
Ode said innocent citizens were brutally murdered in the early hours of July 12 by suspected armed herders.
The deputy governor’s condemnation was conveyed in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Godwin Ikyereve and issued to newsmen on Sunday in Makurdi.
Ode described the attacks as “barbaric, inhuman, and unacceptable,” noting that the continuous killing of innocent and peace-loving people of Benue remained a grave threat to the peace, security and development of the state.
He expressed profound sorrow over the tragic loss of lives and extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, the people of Akpachi and Otukpo-Nobi communities.
