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No fewer than 11 people were allegedly killed in unconnected attacks in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday.
According to locals, nine people were killed in a communal clash between Ailla and Adagbo communities, while two were killed by Fulani herdsmen in an attack on Odugbeho community.
Ailla and Adagbo communities were embroiled in a renewed communal clash, leading to the demise of several people, while many others were incapacitated.
“There has been a protracted crisis between Ailla and Adagbo communities which resurfaced yesterday (Sunday). The cause of the renewed crisis is yet to be ascertained, but some people were killed and many others injured,” an indigene, who identified himself as Ada, said.
Sadly, the same day herders stormed Odugbeho community, exactly a week after members of the group attacked the community and killed 27 people.
A resident known as Uloko said the hoodlums attacked the village around 5.30pm on Sunday and set ablaze 21 houses.
Uloko said, “We heard privileged information about this Sunday attack and this was related to security operatives, who failed to act on the information given to them.
“It was around 5.30pm that they came, the same time they came last Sunday. They came in their numbers with superior firepower and shot continuously, burning down houses.”
The Chairman of the LGA, Sule Adohi, said nine people were killed in the communal clash and two people murdered in the herdsmen’s attack.
He revealed that the herders burnt 21 houses.