Herders kill Volunteer Guards member, 6 others
A member of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, BSCVGs, and six others, have been killed by suspected armed herdsmen in a fresh attack on Tse Fela in Mbabuande Council Ward and Tse Akyegh in Ikaaghev Council Ward of Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the BSCVGs member, who was killed in the attack was the Ward Commander of the Guards. It will be recalled that the two council wards had not long suffered the same fate, when the marauders sacked several villages in the area, killing many and rendering hundreds of families homeless. According to the source in the area, the marauders, who stormed the villages at 3 p.m., on Tuesday attacked the villages simultaneously from two fronts, killing anyone they caught up with. He said: “It was more of a coordinated attack because they came from neighbouring Nasarawa State at the same time and attacked the two villages. They came shooting sporadically and anyone that could not escape was killed. “They killed t...