THE Nigeria Police Force, Benue State Command, has confirmed that at least 13 people were killed in an attack on Saturday by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Imande Mbakange community and other neighbouring communities in Mbacher Council Ward, Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.
Residents of the area narrated that the attack was allegedly carried out by local militias who had long terrorised the vicinity. The combined security operatives in the area had in the past few years curtailed the unwholesome activities of the outlaws accused of armed robbery, kidnapping and random shooting of people in the area during market days as well as burial ceremonies.
The Council Chairman of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, Atera Alfred, said that the attack happened simultaneously in the early hours of Saturday.
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