Six persons
have been killed by suspected herdsmen in a set of renewed attacks on
communities in Logo, Guma and Okpokwu Local Government Areas of Benue State.
Governor
Samuel Ortom confirmed the attacks on Wednesday at the Government House in
Makurdi, the state capital.
He made the
disclosure when he received a former military administrator of the state,
Brigadier General Dominic Oneya (rtd), who led a delegation on a condolence
visit to the governor.
Governor
Ortom said two women were reported killed in Guma LGA and two persons in Logo,
stressing that pockets of killings were still going on.
He further
reiterated his call on security agencies to arrest the leadership of Miyetti
Allah Kautal Hore whom he alleged were still issuing threats of resisting
implementation of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law in
the state.
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