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The attacks, which occurred between Monday and Tuesday, also saw the assailants cart away motorcycles from fleeing farmers.
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The attackers were also said to have rustled several cattle, while many residents remain unaccounted for as local vigilantes and community members continue search operations in the affected areas.
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“After repairing the car, they continued the journey because they were determined to take their mother’s body home for burial”
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“They were shooting sporadically to scare the people away before taking him and two other members of the church whom they saw with him.
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Last February, his wife passed away, a loss that drastically altered the rhythm of everyday life. He speaks about her carefully because the memory remains so close
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“Barely an hour after the Akpamaju incident, another attack was reported at Ojano along Enugu Road, where herdsmen ambushed a police checkpoint”
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The governor said, “I am an uncommon ideologist. I am for the masses, and I will remain with the masses.”
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Tragedy struck Aila community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday morning after suspected armed herdsmen reportedly ambushed residents, killing at least four persons and leaving several others injured.
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A local source disclosed that the mobile police officer was killed on Saturday while attempting to repel an attack by armed herders on the Upu community in Otukpo LGA.
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It was gathered that the marauders stormed the community Friday afternoon and met the deceased on his farm, where they killed him and mutilated his remains.
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