{"id":114487,"date":"2024-10-03T02:32:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114487"},"modified":"2024-10-03T02:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:32:03","slug":"suspected-herdsmen-invade-two-benue-communities-kill-2-soldiers-community-head-five-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/suspected-herdsmen-invade-two-benue-communities-kill-2-soldiers-community-head-five-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected herdsmen invade two Benue communities, kill 2 soldiers, community head, five others\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1811825166834418038\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Armed herdsmen have reportedly killed two soldiers and seven villagers, including the head of Eguma community in Agatu LGA of Benue State.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA former lawmaker who represented the LGA in the Benue State House of Assembly between 2011 to 2019, Audu Sule, said the suspected herdsmen stormed Eguma at 3:00 pm and started shooting sporadically resulting to death of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, military personnel who were stationed at his village in Ogwule, a few meters away, responded to the distress call but two of the soldiers were killed by the suspected herdsmen, along with the Eguma village head and six others, bringing the casualty figures to nine.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the attack was the fourth on Eguma and Ogwule villages of Agatu LGA in the last one month, stating that the people face security threats daily.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the military intervention led to a gun battle with the suspected herdsmen who fled after nine persons, including two soldiers, were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, a former Senior Special Assistant to former Governor Samuel Ortom who hailed from Agatu LGA, Mr Olikita, said the herders stormed\u00a0\u00a0the Communities on Tuesday afternoon and killed six inhabitants of the community.<\/p>\n<p>The entire Egwuma community has been deserted; there is nobody left behind again, except for the few soliders that are remaining there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe caretaker committee chairman of Agatu LGC has drawn the attention of the State government to this situation and we are still waiting for them to do the needful so as to avert further attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe herdsmen have before\u00a0\u00a0now attacked this same community in the past and killed 12 people before soldiers were drafted to the area. I don\u2019t know why they still come to attack our people even with the presence of armed soliders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a terrible situation, we need more presence of armed security personnel in the community. Nobody knows the mission of these invaders\u201d, Olikita said.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted the Spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command, SP Catherine Anene , said the Command was yet to receive any information about the killings.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed herdsmen have reportedly killed two soldiers and seven villagers, including the head of Eguma community in Agatu LGA of Benue State. 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