THE Benue State Police Command has confirmed another attack on one of the Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) camps at Agan in the Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue with over 20 persons killed by suspected bandits mostly women and children.
The police spokesperson, DSP Sewuese Anene in a telephone conversation with News Point Nigeria, Saturday morning, confirmed last night attack which she said claimed many women and children at the IDP camps but the casualty figure is yet to be determined but so far the count has exceeded 20.
DSP Sewuese further added that the commissioner of police, Wale Abasse will visit the scene of the attack very early Saturday to clarify what happened, the casualty figures but response team has already been deployed to the area.
This attack followed the killing of a traditional ruler in Apa Local Government Area of Benue earlier in the week along with many others before the attackers moved to the Otukpo Local Government Area on Wednesday, killing 46 persons including a 33-year-old son of the local government chairman and now this at an IDP camp Makurdi, the state capital.
