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Residents of Umella Village in Mbawa ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State are still smarting from last Thursday’s attack on their community by Fulani herdsmen which left no fewer than six persons dead.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) gathered that the suspected herders, in their numbers, invaded the community around three o’clock in the afternoon and started opening fire, killing all that they set their eyes on.
Few members of the community were said to be lucky as they ran for dear lives upon being lucky not to be gunned down.
The chairman of Guma Local Government, Mike Uba, confirmed to newsmen on telephone that the herders attacked the community and killed six of its members.
The state governor, Samuel Ortom’s security adviser, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Hemba (retd), also confirmed the attack.
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“The information I have is that six people were killed in an unprovoked attack on Umella community on Thursday afternoon,” Hemba said.
A native of the community who gave his name simply as Tondo said the attackers shot randomly at the people and sent the entire village into panic.
“When they came, gunshots rent the air and caused the people to run helter-skelter. After the attackers left, six people were lying lifelessly on the ground,” Tondo said.
He said the deceased were Aginde Ibember, Orfega Ibember, Alex Msuega, Tsula Iortyer, Verlumun Ortese and another villager whose identity was yet to be ascertained.
As of the time of filing this report, the spokesperson of the state police command, Catherine Anene, said she had yet to receive any information regarding the incident.