Police confirm deadly attack on Benue community

The Police Divulge in Benue on Saturday confirmed a deadly assault on Yelwata city in Guma Local Government Space of the declare.

The Narrate Police Public Household Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, suggested newsmen in Makurdi that the incident took declare within the early hours of Saturday morning.

Edet acknowledged that for the length of the invasion, safety operatives engaged the attackers in a fierce commerce of gunfire.

She furthermore acknowledged that the attackers killed of us however declined to claim the resolve.

“Per our recordsdata, it took place within the early hours of Saturday, when suspected bandits invaded Yelwata city.

“The police and tactical groups posted to the city and reinforcements answered with out be aware to the assault and engaged the attackers in a fierce commerce, and some of the attackers were killed within the diagram.

“But it’s with wide sadness that we anecdote that some folk lost their lives and others sustained injuries.

“The police, however, beget not relented and are quiet in pursuit of the attackers and must continue to put everybody wonderful,” she acknowledged.

On the different hand, a resident of Yelewata city suggested NAN that more than 70 corpses were already recovered, adding that the respect for folk missing was once quiet on.

“The demise toll will rise because the quest and rescue mission is on. Many were burnt already in stores.

“I'm goal correct-looking here on the bottom. Larger than 85 per cent of the victims are IDPs that ran from Antsa, Dooka, Kadarko, and Giza areas and are taking refuge at diversified stores in Yelwata Market and residences.

“There may maybe be a police self-discipline and military checkpoint here in Yelwata city, however they were outnumbered by attackers,” the source acknowledged.