Gunmen kill APC chieftain, three others in Benue attack

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Gunmen suspected to be armed herders, on Tuesday evening, killed a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, identified as Akaabo Johnson and three other people during an attack on the Mbatsada communities in the Mbalom and Mbasombo council ward in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State.

According to the native, the suspected armed herders invaded the communities around 4:35 pm on Tuesday in a commando way and shot indiscriminately, resulting in the death of four people.

The Chairman of Gwer-East LGA, Timothy Adi, who confirmed the incident in a telephone chat on Wednesday, said the attack was unprovoked.

Adi, who decried the activities of armed herders in the council, said that the Tuesday attack was the second within the last two weeks.He said that security men had been deployed to the area to secure the boundary lines of the local government area, in a bid to prevent further attacks. Punch