AGAIN, FULANI HERDSMEN AMBUSH, KILL TWO BROTHERS IN GUMA

FULANI HERDSMEN AMBUSH, KILL TWO BROTHERS IN GUMA

Two Brothers; Aondowase Uma  and Ahanbee Guma were yesterday again ambushed and killed by Fulani herdsmen in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.

The victims were returning from Yelewata Market on a motor bike around 8:pm when they were ambushed and killed and their motorcycle burnt by the Fulani herdsmen.

A survivor, Orihyev Nyaga  who was shot on the left hand told National Focus on telephone that he was returning from the market on a motorcycle when he ran into a road block mounted by the herdsmen.

He said they attempted to matchet him but he narrowly escaped before he was shot on the hand and had to abandon his bike and ran into the bush where he escaped and went back to the market and raised alarm.

According to him, the two victims had already passed before he was able to raise the alarm.

Reports from the locals said the two dead bodies were recovered by youths and handed over to the Police at Yelewata where they were taken to an undisclosed morgue for deposit.

The locals said but for the alarm raised by the survivor, more deaths would have been recorded.

The PPRO, Moses Yamu could not be reached as at  the time of filling this report in order to confermed the actual number of casualties.

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