No fewer than 200 persons have
been rendered homeless and several persons still missing after suspected
herdsmen attacked Tse Sumaka and Tse Atorough Vishigh in Mbadwem Council Ward
of Guma, Benue State.
The incident happened late Sunday
night.
An eyewitness told our reporter
that the herdsmen, armed to their teeth, invaded the villages and began to
shoot sporadically and razed about 20 houses.
The incident came barely two
weeks after the formal launching of the Operation Ayem Akaptuma (Cat Race) in
the state.
A resident said that the
villagers have deserted their home for fear of being killed by the gunmen.
“As we speak, I am in a bush with
my family. They (attackers) burnt our house and attacked my brother with
machete, I don’t even know if he is dead or alive, please inform the police,”
the escapee said amid shriek voice.
However, the police could not be
reached at the moment for comment as efforts to reach the Benue command’s PRO,
Moses Yamu could not yield any result at the time of this report.
More to come.
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