…gunmen sack communities; residents lament delayed security response
By Peter Duru, Makurdi
No fewer than 16 persons have been killed in renewed attacks on communities in Benue State by suspected armed herdsmen, with several others sustaining serious injuries in separate incursions across Otukpo and Kwande Local Government Areas, LGAs.
The attacks, which occurred between Monday and Tuesday, also saw the assailants cart away motorcycles from fleeing farmers.
The deadliest assault occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when the attackers reportedly stormed the Efeyi community in the Ugboju District of the Otukpo Local Government Area at about 4am, killing at least 14 people and leaving many others with gunshot wounds.
