The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 17 ipeople by terrorists who attacked communities in Logo and Ukum Local Government Areas between Thursday and Friday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, said in a statement that a large group of armed militia (terrorists) invaded the Sankera axis on Thursday evening, unleashing violence on the Gbagir area of Ukum and Katsina-Ala in Logo.
“On 17/4/2025 at about 2100hrs, information was received that a large number of suspected militia had invaded Sankera axis of Benue State with intention to attack communities around Gbagir, Ukum Local Government Area,” she said.
“Following this order, a team of officers moved to the area and engaged them. While the attackers were being repelled in the early hours of today, they shot sporadically at unsuspecting farmers as they came across them,” she explained.
Anene added that five persons were found in the Gbagir area and taken to a hospital where they were confirmed dead.
“Unfortunately, an unsuspected simultaneous attack was carried out in Logo where twelve (12) persons were killed before the arrival of the police, making a total of seventeen persons,” she added.
According to her, security agencies were still actively engaging the assailants as they retreated into the forests near the Taraba axis.
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