Armed Herders Attack Benue Community, Kill Traditional Ruler, Wife, Son, Two Others .

From Attah Ede, Makurdi 
Suspected armed  have killed five people among them a traditional ruler, his wife, son and two others  where they launched fresh attack on Olegabulu community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.

A local source from the community told our correspondent that four people who rode on two motorcycles entered into the house of the traditional ruler shot him and two members of his family.

The source who did not want to be mentioned said, "The assailants were not fulamis because at the time they alighted from their motorcycles, they exchanged pleasantries with people around in our dialect.

"So, nobody envisaged they were enemies but as soon as they entered the traditional ruler's house and shot, everyone scampered for safety.

"The assailants operated for almost 20 minutes, after the traditional residence, they still moved to the next house and killed two people.

"One other person sustained injuries thereafter they ran away.

The chairman of the local government, Melvin Ejeh who confirmed the incidentt to journalists in a telephone interview said that five people were killed and one person was injured adding that the police officer in the area had visited the scene of the incident.

"It's true the incident happened, five people were killed and one person injured during the attack," Ejeh said.

Efforts to reach the Benue State command police public relations officer PPRO DSP Udeme Edet proved abortive as she could not respond to text messages or calls as at the time of filing this report.