EKO HOT BLOG reports that the chairman of the Katsina-Ala local government area, Hon. Alfled Atera confirmed the incident.
Tor Tongo is a farming community on Katsina Ala -Takum federal highway in Benue north east senatorial zone.
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Atera told Newsmen that those killed were mostly members of Community Volunteer Guards (CVG).
He said five other persons sustained serious injuries among them, a priest, who was hit while the gunmen shot sporadically into the air before they escaped.
The gunmen, he alleged, were L gang members of a militia leader called Azonto.
Azonto, was arrested last month in Taraba state and has since been in custody.
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