Benue: Governor Ortom Imposes Curfew As 7 Suspected Herdsmen Are Set Ablaze In Gboko
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday approved the imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Gboko town from yesterday, January 31, 2018, until further notice to stop further killings in the area, following the killing of seven persons in the area by irate youths.
The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in his office, said the victims were said to be travelling either to Okene in Kogi State or Taraba State when criminals attacked, killed and burnt them to ashes.
Owoseni added that policemen in the town promptly raced to the scene of incident but lamented that the criminals attacked their patrol vehicle. He said, “We got information around 11am this morning that some hoodlums believed to be of Tiv stock between 9.30am and 10.am stormed a garage in Gboko where they attacked seven people believed to be of Fulani extraction, killed and burnt them. “The passengers were said to be in the park where they were trying to board a commercial vehicle to Okene or Taraba. The police in the area of the attack got information and rushed to the place but the criminals embarked on hurling stones at the police.” Owoseni, who said some people had been arrested and were helping the police with useful information, condemned the act and warned that the command would not hesitate to deal with anyone found culpable in any criminal act.
He, however, submitted that the crisis did not have any “ethnic, religion or political coloration but it’s pure banditry.”
The police commissioner, however, said that there was intelligence report that some people in and outside the state were planning attack on some communities along the Benue and Nasarawa state’s borders.
Owoseni added that policemen in the town promptly raced to the scene of incident but lamented that the criminals attacked their patrol vehicle. He said, “We got information around 11am this morning that some hoodlums believed to be of Tiv stock between 9.30am and 10.am stormed a garage in Gboko where they attacked seven people believed to be of Fulani extraction, killed and burnt them. “The passengers were said to be in the park where they were trying to board a commercial vehicle to Okene or Taraba. The police in the area of the attack got information and rushed to the place but the criminals embarked on hurling stones at the police.” Owoseni, who said some people had been arrested and were helping the police with useful information, condemned the act and warned that the command would not hesitate to deal with anyone found culpable in any criminal act.
He, however, submitted that the crisis did not have any “ethnic, religion or political coloration but it’s pure banditry.”
IRATE YOUTHS BURNT SUSPECTED HERDSMAN TO DEATH IN BENUE STATE.
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February 01, 2018
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