Many have been reportedly killed in Benue state after armed herdmen attacked Umogidi village of Entekpa-Adoka district in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
It was alleged that the massacre left 46 persons dead.
The same village had suffered earlier an invasion by the armed attackers on Tuesday during which three people were killed.
The chairman of Otukpo LGA, Bako Eje, whose son was
also killed in the latest attack, told newsmen that the village was under
siege. He said the armed men surrounded the village again on Wednesday evening
barely 24-hours after the first attack and opened gunfire on the inhabitants.
Eje said so far, this afternoon (Thursday), 46 corpses have been recovered
while many people are still missing.
The chairman said his son and other relatives were victims of the latest attack which occurred about 5pm on Wednesday while mourners were burying the three other deceased.
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