LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed seven people in separate attacks on some Kaduna and Benue communities.
The incident which occurred on 3 March, claimed Four lives in Dutsen Bako Community in Ikulu Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The gunmen, about six in number, opened fire on the victims, Daily Trust learnt.
When contacted, the Kaduna Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Muhammed Jalige, was unavailable to confirm the incidence.
In Benue State, three people were said to have been killed in the Umogidi village, Otukpo Local Government Area.
A native of the area, simply identified as Adakole, revealed that one of the deceased participated as an agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the just concluded elections.
The chairman of Otukpo LGA, Bako Eje, told journalists that the gunmen were suspected to be armed herders.
According to Eje, The gunmen have been terrorizing the residents of the communities (from Egili to Umuogidi across Enetekpa ward).
“They graze their cows to our area, eat up our cassava, our grains and yams and the ones they could not eat, they just set them on fire”.
SP Catherine Anene , Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident, stating that she had no additional detail of the incident but anticipates the outcome of the investigation.
