Herders kill 3 guards, others
Three members of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, BSCVGs, and three others have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack on two communities in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that the victims were killed Tuesday night when the marauders stormed Tse Gyer and Ayem communities in Mbawa council ward of Guma LGA. The Executive Secretary of Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Dr. Emmanuel Shior, who confirmed the killings, yesterday, in Daudu, Guma LGA after the corpses of the victims were deposited at the morgue in the town, listed the names of the victims to include Timothy Mbawa, Sunfay Igber and Aondowase Asema who were members of the BSCVGs as well as Akombo Igyever, Sunday Semaka and Aloysius Ayua. The Security Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom, Lt Col. Paul Hemba (retd) confirmed the incident. “They were ambushed by armed herdsmen between Ortese and Ngban villages. The armed herders went away with the weapons and handsets belonging ...