The police in Benue have confirmed the killing of eight persons in a suspected terrorist attack on a rural community in the Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Cletus Nwadiogbu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.
Nwadiogbu said the victims comprised five adults and three children.
He said he had spent most of the day in the affected community alongside other security personnel to assess the situation and restore calm.
“We have been in the interior since morning. The network was poor because we were in the bush.
