Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in “senseless and unprovoked” attack killed multiple residents, including a recently married soldier in the Ikobi-Ochekwu community in the Apa Local Government Area of Benue State late Wednesday night.
TheNewsGuru reports that the assault persisted for several hours, as the assailants, burned down most houses in the area, indiscriminately firing at residents
The precise casualty count is still unknown, as numerous individuals remain unaccounted for.
“In the early hours of Thursday, two more bodies were discovered in nearby Ijaha, identified as Sani Ngbede and Aduba Paul Ogboyi,” a A local resident, Ochofie said
However, the identities of other victims, including the slain soldiers who were said to have recently tied the knot, are yet to be officially confirmed by authorities.