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No less than 10 persons person been confirmed dormant pursuing abstracted attacks by suspected equipped herdsmen connected communities successful Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.
DAILY POST gathered that the latest question of unit began connected Saturday erstwhile suspected herdsmen attacked Akpachi colony successful Ugboju community, sidesplitting 2 persons and leaving respective others with varying degrees of injuries.
Less than 24 hours later, the attackers reportedly struck again, this clip invading Otukpo Nobi assemblage successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday, wherever 8 persons were killed and respective others injured.
The attacks besides triggered protests by aggravated youths and residents, who marched to the Och’Idoma Palace successful Otukpo municipality to explicit their vexation implicit the worsening information concern and request urgent authorities intervention.
The latest unit comes hardly 1 period aft the sidesplitting of the Benue State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Ardo Risku Mohammed, and his associate, Yakubu Isah, astir Okwudu successful Otukpo Local Government Area aft attending a bid gathering successful Ohimini LGA.
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