Agatu loses three to herdsmen attack —Benue Police
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The Police Command in Benue, on Sunday, confirmed that suspected herdsmen attacked and killed three persons at Adama village in Agatu Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the attack in a statement in Makurdi, the state capital.
DSP Anene described Adama village as a riverine community in Agatu with no motorable roads.
The Police Public Relations Officer said that the Command has so far recovered three dead bodies, adding that more personnel had been deployed to the area to enforce law and order.
The statement reads as follows:
“Information received on June 14, 2020 at about 05:30 hours that suspected herdsmen attacked Adama village, a riverine area in Agatu that is not motorable.
“A team of police officers have been deployed to the area but the level of destruction and casualties are yet to be ascertained.
“Further development will be communicated to you as soon as the team on ground start sending reports. “Three corpses confirmed so far.”
Recall that ElombahNews reported a separate incident in the early hours of June 14 that suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
The assailants killed a man in the early hours of Saturday who, this medium later gathered, was a local farmer.
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According to an eyewitness account, the suspected herdsmen headed straight to the community of the deceased and wreaked havoc.
Residents scampered for safety as the suspected herdsmen unleashed mayhem and caused chaos forcing many residence to be displaced.
The eyewitness narrated the incident saying:
“It was a day of indecisive movement within the peaceful Agwa community and its environs as everyone is seen now scampering for safety.
“The peace existing in the serene Agwa hamlet has been brought to halt by this Fulani herdsmen attack which claim the life of a young man.”
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