Hoodlums kill 10 travellers in Benue
Suspected hoodlums have allegedly killed 10 travellers in Yelwata, a border town between Benue and Nasarawa States along Lafia-Makurdi Highway. The North-Central Zonal Chairman of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Danladi Chiroma, told Daily Trust the victims were herders from Awe in Nasarawa state travelling on Saturday evening to attend a naming […]
Suspected hoodlums have allegedly killed 10 travellers in Yelwata, a border town between Benue and Nasarawa States along Lafia-Makurdi Highway.
The North-Central Zonal Chairman of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Danladi Chiroma, told Daily Trust the victims were herders from Awe in Nasarawa state travelling on Saturday evening to attend a naming ceremony in another location.
Chiroma said that the vehicle which the deceased travelled in developed a problem at Yelwata and that it was in the process of the driver trying to fix the fault that the hoodlums pounced on them.
He added that six corpse out of the 10 people killed had been recovered and handed to the police while the driver of the vehicle, a Hausa man was lucky to have escaped the danger.
Meanwhile, the Police in Benue State have not yet responded to calls and text messages sent to their mobile telephone lines at the time of sending this report.
But, the state governor, Samuel Ortom, has condemned the attacks on the innocent passengers by hoodlums near Yelwata.
Ortom in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, also commended the police for swiftly arresting some of the suspects for prosecution.
The governor urged the police and other security agencies to continue with the investigation in order to apprehend all those found culpable.
He has also called on those with useful information to assist security agents to arrest the culprits as he commiserated with families of the victims and prayed that God may console them.
Ortom posited that Benue is not at war and appealed to the people to restrain themselves from all forms of lawless acts.