Attah Ede Makurdi
No fewer than 12 persons have been reportedly killed and several other seriously injured following an attack on two (2) communities in Logo local government area of Benue State, Thursday.
This is just as security agencies repelled an attack on Ortese and Mkohol areas of Guma Local Government Area, Governor Samuel Ortom home country where a soldier slumped and later died at an undisclosed hospital
Briefing newsmen at Government House, Makurdi, Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Col. Paul Hembah rtd said the attack occured simultaneously in Mchia and Mou villages.
He said while 15 persons were killed in Mchia, 2 persons were killed in Mou.
“I received a distress call from an indigene of the area and quickly informed security agencies, Police, Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS and Civil Defence but before they could get there, the damage had already been done and the gun men fled.
“In Guma, the same bandits attempted to attack but were heavily repelled by men of OPWS who laid siege on them and even killed and injured some of the bandits who in turn burnt down 5 motorcycles belonging to the soldiers.
In another incident, three persons were abducted in Tu Mu and 2 houses burnt as a result of renewed crisis between Iharev(indigenes) and Iparev(settlers) that led to the latter blocking the Makurdi-Gboko Federal Highway.