Benue: Armed herders kill 3 in attack
*Troops neutralise scores, record 3 casualties NO fewer than three persons have been killed in a fresh attack by suspected armed herdsmen on Ikobi community in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. This came as the troops of the military spike operation in the state, codenamed Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, engaged the bandits in a shoot-out that led to the death of some of the invaders and the injury of three military personnel. Vanguard gathered that the marauders, who stormed the community Saturday evening from neighbouring Nasarawa State, shot sporadically in the community, killing the three and injuring a number of others. He said: “When information got to the OPWS, the troops were deployed to the area to prevent further attacks and they gallantly repelled the invaders. “The troops on their way also ran into some of the killer herders at Mbappa community Agagbe in Gwer West LGA. They succeeded in overpowering the invaders but three of the soldiers sustai...