Four Mobile Policemen, eight residents killed in Benue attack

Suspected equipped herdsmen person reportedly killed 4 Mobile Policemen and 8 residents successful a caller onslaught connected Ayilamo, Tombola Ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.

Ayilamo, located on the Abinsi-Tyulen-Anyii-Wukari axis, is simply a farming assemblage that has travel nether regular attacks by equipped bandits.

A resident, Tyolumu Ugande, said equipped bandits numbering much than 200 invaded Ayilamo from Alufu Road successful Taraba State and precocious towards the community, shooting sporadically and mounting houses connected fire.

The equipped bandits, who were reportedly carrying blase weapons, were confronted by a detachment of Mobile Policemen deployed to Ayilamo.

Ugande said that aft respective hours of an speech of gunfire, the bandits retreated, but 4 bodies of Mobile Policemen killed successful the onslaught were discovered successful the bush connected Friday morning.

He said, “We besides discovered 8 bodies of residents of Ayilamo who were killed by the bandits.”

The incidental was confirmed by the Secretary of the Ayilamo Security Committee, who said the assemblage had requested reinf...