Gunmen Kill 16 Security Personnel, Abduct Scores In Fresh Benue Attack

At slightest 16 information unit person been reportedly killed by equipped men suspected to beryllium herdsmen and section bandits during a clearance cognition astatine Agu assemblage successful Mbatyula/Mberev Council Ward of Katsina-Ala section authorities country of Benue State.

Our analogous gathered from a section source, who simply identified himself arsenic Denen, that the victims were unit of the information outfit called ‘Operation Anyam Nyor’, a Joint Security Task Force established by the Benue State Government which has constabulary and members of the Benue State Civil Protection Guards.

He said: “Some of the information unit who survived the ambush, sustained varying degrees of injuries portion respective unit including the person of the squad were taken live into custody by the attackers, and the trucks conveying them were acceptable ablaze and their motorbikes were whisked distant by the equipped men.

He explained that the information squad numbering implicit 90 operatives, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police, Danlami Usman, besides known arsenic ‘Dan Zuru’, was successful the country to flush retired equipped herdsmen whom were reported to person invaded the country successful a ample number.

According to him, “it was alleged that the equipped herdsmen joined forces with immoderate known section militia gangs successful the communities numbering up to 1,000 and laid ambushed connected the information squad betwixt Tse Agbami and Agu Center astatine the Katsina-Ala borderline with Ukum LGA

“Unfortunately, the unit drove into the ambush and successful speech of weapon fire, implicit 16 members of the information squad were gunned down,” the root claimed.

When contacted, the president of Katsina-Ala section authorities area, Justine Shaku, who confirmed incident, said the onslaught was unprovoked arsenic the information unit were connected their regular patrol, wherever they were ambushed successful a wide daylight and galore of them were killed.

According to the LGA chairman, the fig of casualties was hight, “but for present I can’t accidental precisely however galore unit mislaid their lives due to the fact that unit are inactive successful the bush to hunt for the missing ones, however, what happened is simply a wide manifestation that the herders came for warfare and utilized members of the section bandits present successful Sanders to onslaught the personnel, who were connected their mean patrol astatine Agu Centre successful Mbatula/Mberev Council Ward of Katsina-Ala LGA.”

He added: “I americium present with the Commissioner of Police and his men are already combing the surroundings for the missing persons.”

When contacted, the Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Udeme Edet, said a property connection volition soon beryllium issued successful the incident by the Command.