Herdsmen On Rampage, Kill Deeper Life Pastor, Three Others In Benue

  

A Deeper Life Bible Church Pastor and three others lost their lives in separate attacks on some communities in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.

The Pastor with the name, John Ajav was killed on Tuesday morning by persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on his way to attend a function at Gbamjinba.

The three other people killed, had two women and a man, were shot dead by suspected herders at their farm on Monday.

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Dr. Tivlumn Nyitse, the Chief of Staff to the Benue State  Governor, Samuel Ortom, announced the killing of the pastor on his Facebook account around 3:00pm on Tuesday.

He wrote:

 “A very sad day for me and the entire Ikyen Gbuusu Family. We lost Pastor John Torbee Ajav this morning to some Fulani marauders who shot him on his way to Gbamjinba to attend a religious function.

“The late John was a pastor with the Deeper Life Church, Umenger. May the good Lord receive his soul with mercy.”

 The Chairman of Guma Local Government, Caleb Aba, in his reaction to the killing, said that there were separate attacks where four people were killed between Monday and Tuesday.

“On Monday three people; two females and a man went to fetch locus beans on their farm at Nyivir and they were shot and killed.

“Also this morning (Tuesday) a pastor who was going to Gbamjinba (headquarters of Guma) was killed around Waku village,” Aba said.