Gunmen kill 2 brothers, cyclist in Benue

Gunmen have killed three people, including two brothers, in Daudu area of Guma LGA of Benue State. The victims, identified as siblings Ortwer Tyonum and Aondohemba Tyonum, were attacked while working on their rice farm on Sunday evening. A third victim, a motorcyclist, was killed in a separate attack in the same axis. Witnesses said […]

Gunmen have killed three people, including two brothers, in Daudu area of Guma LGA of Benue State.
The victims, identified as siblings Ortwer Tyonum and Aondohemba Tyonum, were attacked while working on their rice farm on Sunday evening.
A third victim, a motorcyclist, was killed in a separate attack in the same axis.
Witnesses said the brothers were threshing rice around 5pm as part of preparations for the Christmas season when armed assailants struck and hacked them to death with machetes.
Ortwer, the elder brother, was a graduate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, while Aondohemba was a 300-level student of the same institution.
A third sibling who accompanied them to the farm reportedly escaped unhurt.
A resident, Jonah Iorundu, told our correspondent by phone that the motorcyclist was travelling alone when he was ambushed by the attackers and killed.
He added that three passersby sustained injuries during the attack and were receiving treatment.
Efforts to reach the Benue State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, were unsuccessful.