Gunmen Attack Benue Community, Kill Youth Leader and Injure Traditional Ruler

(Benue State Police spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet. Photo Credit:  News Express)

The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that armed men att@cked Ondo community in Ugboju District, Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, on Tuesday morning, k!lling the community's youth chairman, Mr. Sunday Ogoh, and leaving the traditional ruler and several other residents injured.

In a statement, the Command's spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, confirmed that the att@ck occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when the assailants stormed the community and opened fire on residents.

According to Edet, the Command received a distress call at about 6:10am alerting security agencies to the att@ck.

"At about 0610hrs, we received information that unknown gunmen attacked Ondo, Ugboju in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State," she said.

She disclosed that Sunday Ogoh, the youth chairman, lost his life in the att@ck, while the traditional head of Ondo and other injured victims were rushed to hospital for treatment.

Following the incident, the police said tactical teams and senior officers were swiftly deployed to the community to restore order and launch a manhunt for the perpetrators.

Edet added that members of the vigilance group, the Civil Protection Guard, and other sister security agencies had also been mobilised to support the ongoing operation.

She assured residents that security agencies were making concerted efforts to track down those responsible, stating, "Tactical teams, senior officers, vigilance group, civil protection guard and other sister security agencies are on scene, and efforts are seriously on the way to arrest the culprits."

The police appealed to members of the public to remain calm and cooperate with security personnel by providing useful information to aid the investigation, assuring that further updates would be shared as the operation progresses.