Herdsmen kill many in fresh Benue attack

A yet-to-be-ascertained number of residents have been feared dead after suspected herdsmen attacked three communities in the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.

It was gathered that three persons were also injured in attacks which occurred on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

The affected communities include Emichi, Odudaje, and Okpamaju, all in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.

Suspected herdsmen had invaded Otobi village in Benue State on Tuesday night, with no fewer than seven persons confirmed dead.

Speaking on the latest incident, the Otukpo Local Government Chairman, Maxwell Ogiri, said the attackers invaded three communities when the Benue State Commissioner of Police was still at the Ochidoma Palace over Tuesday’s attack on Otobi.

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Ogiri disclosed that three people sustained injuries in the attacks on the three communities, leading to women and children abandoning the communities for fear of being killed.

The chairman said: “Only young men were in the communities when the attackers arrived.

“The prompt response from combined security operatives made the attackers flee, and none of them were arrested.”

The Benue State Police Command has yet to speak on the attacks on the three communities.

The Star