Tag: Massacres
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Benue, Rivers Massacres: Police deploy additional units to troubled areas
The police say they have deployed additional five units to Benue and Rivers States, days after dozens of people were killed in the two states. At least 20 people died in two Benue communities when herdsmen raided the towns, while 17 people were shot dead in Rivers by gunmen on New Year’s eve. A police…
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Senate summons Dambazau over Rivers, Benue massacres
The Chairman of the Senate committee on Interior, Andy Uba,has condemned the killings in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna states. He described the killings as sheer heartlessness and barbaric and urged the relevant security agencies to bring the criminals to book. He said the perpetrators were out to destabilise the relative peace being enjoyed across the…