Gunmen kill two cops, don, others in Benue

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Five people, including two policemen and a university lecturer, were killed by gunmen in two separate attacks on Thursday in Benue State.

“The unfortunate incident took place around 7:00pm, when three friends sat at a drinking joint close to a Federal Quarantine Check Point when a Bajaj Motorcycle came carrying a lady and two guys. One of them shot at the people and zoomed off,” a local told our correspondent on the phone.

He further explained that the gunmen came from Melabu direction and operated for 10 minutes, killed their victims and left. Immediate past chairman of Ukum local government, Steve Ayua, confirmed the killing of the university lecturer and two others in the council.When contacted, the State Police Command spokesperson, SP Catherine Anene, could only confirm the incident in the Guma LGA where two policemen were killed.

She said, “I received information that two policemen died in an operation at Makurdi-Lafia road but I am yet to receive details please.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.We help you professionally trade your forex, bitcoin and binary accounts for minimum 20% weekly profit.

 

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Can the president now see that he couldn't achieve the task of security , he doesn't even care to help the situation, so let's use one voice to kick them out of sit during next 2023 Presidential general election by choosing critical Wise the Voice of Nigeria PeterObi2023

FG no go do anything now

At this Stage,I’m really sorry for initially attaching all the gunmen News in the SE to IPOB…IPOB can’t be responsible for the mass killings in SW,North central and Southern kaduna at the same time…This people are everywhere killing mindlessly,FG need to act fast on this.

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