Tag: Agatu
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BREAKING: Suspected herdsmen kill 15 in Benue community
No fewer than 15 persons were killed in Ugboju community in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected armed herdsmen. The attackers, who have been conducting relentless attacks on the area for
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Northern governors commiserate with Ortom, condemn fresh killings in Agatu
The Northern Governors Forum has condemned the killing of 25 people in Agatu, Benue. The people were killed on Sunday at a Church service at Okokolo Village of Agatu Local Government Area of the state. The forum in a statement by its Chairman, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau,described the killings as a heinous crime that…
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Soldiers ransack Agatu villages, kill pregnant woman, five others
Following the killing of a soldier at the weekend, army ransacked six villages in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, killing six persons, including a pregnant woman. But the Brigade Commander of the 707 Special Force, Brig. Clement Apere, denied that soldiers attacked the people. “The operation we conducted in the area was…
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Legislator vows to fish out youths that killed soldier in Agatu
Alhaji Sule Audu, assemblyman representing Agatu constituency at the Benue House of Assembly, has vowed to fish out the youths involved in the clash that claimed the life of a soldier. “On behalf of the people of Agatu Local Government, I condemn the act carried out by some Agatu boys in Olegadamkolo village, which led…