Seven people, including women and children, have been confirmed killed, and several others are missing in a fresh attack by suspected armed herders on the Agbo Vengav community of Udam in the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State.
Report has it that the fresh killings took place around 1:00 am Friday morning when the gunmen launched an attack on the community.
A source, who did not want his name mentioned, said a little girl child was killed while her mother was taken away by the Fulani herdsmen.
The source further said the assailants came in the middle of the night when people had retired to bed and started attacking the community.
“The attack on the community started around 1:00 am on Friday; the number of bodies recovered was seven, and a search for missing people was still ongoing,” a source stated.
Meanwhile, the police public relations officer of the Benue State Command could not be reached for comment as of the time of filing this report, as calls put to her mobile telephone were not going through.
