SUSPECTED herdsmen have killed 46 persons after they invaded Umogidi village of Entekpa-Adoka district in Otukpo Local Government Council in Benue State.
One of the victims was 33-year-old son of Otukpo Local Government Area Chairman Bako Eje,
The attack comes barely 24 hours after the same village suffered an attack by suspected herdsmen with three persons killed.
Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Council Eje, whose son was also killed in the attack, said that the armed herdsmen surrounded the village again on Wednesday evening and opened gunfire on the inhabitants.
“The armed herdsmen after attacking our community in the morning (Wednesday) came back to the village at about 4:15 pm and killed 46 persons including my own son who was about 33 years old,” Eje said.
“We just buried the corpse and several other persons are still missing; we do not know their whereabouts but I am still in the village. They also killed the husband of my immediate younger sister and her son of almost 38 years.”
