Herdsmen kill over 10 in Monday evening attack in Benue’s Omosu village

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BY PETER DURU, MAKURDI
No fewer than 10 persons were feared dead, Monday evening, in a bloody attack on Omosu village in Ojigo ward Edumoga of Okpokwu local government area of Benue state by suspected herdsmen.

Residence of Benue state in Abuja, protesting over the killings of their relatives by the Fulani herdsmen at the National Assembly gate in Abuja Thursday. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan

Vanguard gathered from a source in the area that the well armed herdsmen stormed the village at about 4pm shooting sporadically at anything on sight and burning down houses in the community.

“It has bloody a bloody evening in Okpokwu, armed herdsmen stormed Omosu village and opened sporadic fire on the locals killing anyone and thing they came across.

“I cannot give you the casualty figure or number of people killed and injured at the moment, but many have been killed and several houses were…



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