Teen killed, hundreds of cattle rustled as gunmen attack Benue community

Residents of respective communities successful Ugboju District of Otukpo Local Government Area, Benue State, person abandoned their homes aft a caller equipped onslaught claimed the beingness of a 15-year-old boy, near 1 idiosyncratic missing and led to the rustling of hundreds of cattle.

The onslaught reportedly occurred astir 7:00 a.m. connected Monday successful Olahimu village, wherever gunmen allegedly targeted cattle belonging to the household of the precocious Ardo Risku Muhammad, who was killed successful a akin incidental a fewer weeks earlier.

In a connection released connected behalf of the family, Muhammed Idris disclosed that his younger brother, Muhammad Isiyaku, 15, was fatally changeable during the assault. He explained that though 4 radical earlier reported missing were aboriginal found, 1 labourer, Saidu Musa, is inactive unaccounted for.

Idris further stated that the attackers made distant with astir 500 cattle. He said a fig of the animals were aboriginal recovered during a hunt astir the Okwudu axis, portion respective were recovered dormant and galore others stay missing.

According to the family, the incidental was reported to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) successful Ogoli Ugboju, who visited the country with officers arsenic investigations commenced.

Confirming the incident, Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area, Maxwell Ogiri, said helium immedi...