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Again, Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Attack Benue Community, Kill Residents
- Suspected Fulani herdsmen have again attacked the Benue community, killing residents.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than eleven people have been reported dead in two separate incidents in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.
The latest killings, it was gathered, occurred in Odugbeho and two other rural villages of Aila and Adagbo.
This is coming barely one week after the suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked and killed 27 people in Odugbeho community of Agatu Local Government Area of the state.
In the latest attacks, EKO HOT BLOG gathered that two persons were killed in Odugbeho while the remaining nine people were killed in Aila and Adagbo villages.
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Speaking, the Council Chairman of Agatu, Adoyi Sule, disclosed that the attack on the Odugbeho community, which led to the death of two people, was carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Sule said the assailants invaded the community on Sunday night, killed the two people, and burnt 21 houses.
The Chairman further disclosed that the other nine people were killed during a communal crisis between Aila and Adagbo communities.
He added that eight people who were wounded during the clash were now receiving treatment in the hospital.
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