Wednesday, October 2, 2024 -Suspected herdsmen men have killed two soldiers and seven villagers including the village head of Eguma community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue state.
A former lawmaker, who represented the local government at
the Benue State House of Assembly between 2011 to 2019, Audu Sule, in a
telephone call with Channels Television, said the suspended herdsmen invaded
Eguma village at 3 pm on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, and started killing people.
According to Sule, military personnel who were stationed at
his village in Ogwule, a few meters away, responded to the distress call from
Eguma village, but two of the soldiers were killed by the suspended herdsmen,
along with Eguma village head and six others, bringing the casualty figures to
nine.
Sule noted that the attack was the fourth on Eguma and Ogwule
villages of Agatu local government area in the last month, lamenting the
security threats his people faced daily.
He notes that the military intervention led to a gun battle
with the suspected herdsmen who fled, after nine persons, including two
soldiers, were killed.
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