Mourners ambushed in Benue, three Killed, two abducted

Armed men connected Saturday nighttime attacked a radical of mourners successful Sati-Ikov Council Ward of Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State, sidesplitting 3 radical and abducting 2 others.

Sources said the victims were returning from a burial erstwhile they were ambushed adjacent the community.

“Some mourners returning from a burial were attacked adjacent to our assemblage connected Saturday night. Three of them were killed, portion 2 others, a antheral and a female, were kidnapped,” a root said.

Confirming the incident, the lawmaker representing Ushongo Constituency successful the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon. Simon Gabo, expressed interest implicit the expanding activities of equipped groups successful the area.

“I received a telephone astir 4 americium informing maine that mourners returning from a burial ran into equipped men. They were attacked, 3 killed, and 2 kidnapped. Such incidents person been recurring,” Gabo stated.

He identified those killed arsenic Bem Msughter, Aondo Chia, and Sunday Terwase, each from antithetic communities wrong the ward.

He besides named the abducted victims arsenic Aondongu Amos, a POS operator, and Mrs Arinze, an Igbo patent medicine trader.

According to the lawmaker, the assemblage has witnessed repeated attacks successful caller weeks.

He disclosed that different 3 persons were killed successful a akin inc...