Again!! Three Killed As Benue Comes Under Another Bloody Attack

No fewer than three persons have been killed and several houses burnt down in another attack on Tse-Achia village, near Kasar in the outskirts of Zaki Biam, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.

The latest attack is coming barely one week after Zaki Biam Yam Market was razed by hoodlums, leading to the death of over 52 persons.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, ASP Moses Yanmu, confirmed that the gunmen carried out the attack in the early hours of Friday.

According to the police PRO, four houses were razed while three persons, including a woman, were burnt to death in one of the houses.

Yamu added that preliminary investigations revealed that the attack was ‘retaliatory.’

He said the identity of the attackers was still unknown but assured that the culprits would be apprehended and brought to book.

He said investigations had revealed that the attackers’ driver was from the village.

Meanwhile, governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has claimed that his former security aide, Terwase Akwaza, otherwise known as Ghana was behind the latest attack in Zaki Biam.