Many residents were reportedly killed when gunmen attacked
communities in Gwer west and Apa LGAs in Benue state on Sunday.
According to multiple reports, about 43 people were killed
in the attack.
The police in command in Benue have not issued any official
statement on the attacks.
However, Timothy Kume, chairman of the Pentecostal
Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), confirmed the attack and told Punch that they had
not yet ascertained the death toll.
“It’s not that I don’t have the figure, but the one I have
is old; as you know, the attack is happening nearly every day,” the newspaper
quoted Kume as saying.
“For instance, the Sunday attack on Naka, headquarters of
Gwer West LG, affected one pastor; he was killed in the attack.”
The gunmen, suspected to be criminal herders, reportedly
stormed Tse Antswam, a suburb of Naka town, on Sunday around 7 pm and shot
indiscriminately, leading to many casualties.
According to Amnesty International in a statement on Monday,
another set of gunmen invaded another community, Edikwu Ankpali, the same time
Tse Antswam was being attacked.
The rights organisation said about 85 people had been killed
in Benue within one week.
“Bloodshed in Benue: 85 killed in a week. In barely a week,
at least 85 people have been killed in Benue State. Last week, gunmen killed 42
people during gruesome attacks on villages of Gwer West LGA,” the organisation
said.
At least 25 residents were said to have been killed in the Edikwu Ankpali community.
“Over 25 people at Edikwu Ankpali, in Apa LG, were killed
yesterday (Sunday), and the corpses will be buried soon,” Punch quoted a source
as saying.
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