Monday, September 30, 2024 –Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed a 45-year-old Internally Displaced Person (IDP) at his farm along Tse Tse Ukum road in Mbachohon Council Ward, Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State.
The deceased, Zaki Tali Tyosoo, a native of
Tse Gerbe in the same Mbachohon council ward was said to have been displaced
from his village before taking shelter at the Agagbe IDPs camp in Gwer West LGA
with his family.
A former Agagbe IDP camp manager, Ibaah
Jacob, said that the deceased was attacked by the gunmen believed to be armed
infiltrators on Sunday, September 29, 2024 about 2pm while he was working in
the farm alongside his second wife.
“He was displaced from his village in
Tse Gerbe, but since the farm was not far from Agagbe town and due to the
hunger affecting his polygamous family, he decided to farm there. The land is
located less than a kilometer away from Agagbe,” he said.
He narrated further that the
deceased’s second wife, Mrs Tyosoo Dorcas, 25, explained that while she and her
husband were working at the farm, about 10 armed strange men suddenly appeared
carrying guns and cutlasses.
Jacob said the woman further
explained that they began shooting at her husband and chasing him and that when
he eventually fell, they used their cutlasses and butchered him/
The corpse of the deceased has been recovered according to the ex-camp manager and brought to the Agagbe camp where his family is sheltered.
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