DPO, 2 policemen, women, children killed in herders' attacks
The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, Mr. Mamud Abubakar, two police personnel, two children and three women have been reportedly killed in separate attacks on Benue State communities by suspected armed herdsmen. A source in Naka, the Gwer West headquarters, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the murdered DPO and two other police personnel were ambushed and killed yesterday afternoon on Makurdi-Naka Road shortly after alerting the military personnel on a checkpoint of the presence of large number of armed herdsmen in the axis and their intention to attack the communities in Gwer West. The source said: “After alerting the military personnel of the presence of the large number of armed herdsmen on that stretch of road, the military personnel were mobilising to move into the area while the DPO, who was accompanied by two other police men moved ahead slowly. “But unknown to them, the armed herders had alread...