{"id":82475,"date":"2021-06-20T08:47:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T07:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82475"},"modified":"2021-06-20T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T07:47:21","slug":"10-killed-in-renewed-benue-ebonyi-communal-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/10-killed-in-renewed-benue-ebonyi-communal-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"10 killed in renewed Benue, Ebonyi communal crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1703070630578489724\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">No fewer than ten persons have been murdered in a renewed communal crisis between natives of Ezza and Effium in the boundary villages of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State and Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that the age-long crisis resurfaced on Friday when the two rival communities clashed again, leading to the death of at least ten persons while scores were seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of Ado LGA, James Oche, who confirmed to journalists in Makurdi yesterday said he had asked both parties to sue for peace.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe lamented that despite the efforts of his administration to restore peace to the area, the hostility still resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>While appealing to the warring villagers, the chairman revealed that Police and the newly formed Community Volunteer Guards in Ado LGA have successfully rescued three people out of the five allegedly abducted by suspected armed kidnappers in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOperation Puff Adder Police Unit and the newly formed Community Volunteer Guards in Ado Local Government successfully confronted a group of kidnappers and secured the release of three of the five persons abducted,\u201d Oche said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/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>No fewer than ten persons have been murdered in a renewed communal crisis between natives of Ezza and Effium in the boundary villages of Ado Local Government Area of Benue&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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