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The Nigerian
Military has confirmed that armed invaders attacked the Ikobi community of Apa
Local Government Area (LGA) in Benue State, killing six villagers, with three
soldiers injured in the process.
According to one
of the locals, soldiers of
Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) stationed at Agagbe responded to a distress call
and during the process, they had encountered armed invaders at Tse-Abwa, Mbapa
council ward in Gwer West LGA.
Another local said
the soldiers had on Saturday responded to the distress call when Ikobi
community in Apa LGA was under invasion, adding that the soldiers repelled the
attackers but were later ambushed on their way back to Agagbe on Sunday at
Mbapa council ward of Gwer West LGA.
“The incident occurred in the communities bordering both Apa and Gwer West
LGAs,” he stated.
Another resident of Ikobi in his submission averred that six persons were
killed by the armed invaders in the community at the weekend while a few others
were still missing. He further added that four of the deceased were killed on
Saturday while the other two were killed two days earlier.
“On the 2nd of February, armed invaders macheted a man called Usman Ochowechi
in his farm close to his village of Oloke in Ikobi and they sent him a message
that he should tell the Ikobi people that they are coming, which they did,
attacking and killing two persons.
“Miss Eba Usman was still missing on the 3rd of February in Ikobi Ochekwu, Apa
LGA. They came back again on 4th February and killed four persons in the same
Ikobi. The deceased are Edeh Baba, Innocent Owoicho, Ochekpe Ajekpa and
Abugbe.”
Abu Umoru, a lawmaker
representing Apa constituency at the State House of Assembly, while confirmed
the killings to Channels Television’s correspondent on the telephone.
“It’s a confirmed story, suspected herders invaded the Ikobi community and so
far, six lives have been lost within the past four days. They could be more. We
had to put a call through to OPWS and the commander has mobilised soldiers to
the community.
“People have fled their homes so we can’t even know the exact number of
casualties for now,” Umoru said.
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