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Benue Police Commissioner said he spent most of Sunday in the affected community alongside other security personnel to assess the situation and restore calm following the violence and agitations that trailed the killing of the eight people.
By Emmanuel Antswen
The Police have confirmed that eight people made up of five adults and three children were killed in a suspected terrorist attack on a rural community in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue state.
Benue Commissioner of Police, Mr Cletus Nwadiogbu, confirmed the incident on Sunday.
He described the incident as “purely a terrorist attack.”
Nwadiogbu said he spent most of Sunday in the affected community alongside other security personnel to assess the situation and restore calm following the violence and agitations that trailed the killing of the eight people.
“We have been in the interior since morning. The network was poor because we were in the bush.
“Some people were killed and the youths became violent.
“We have been engaging them, and they have now agreed to reopen the road. They are only waiting for water tankers to extinguish the fire,” he said.
The police commissioner said investigations were ongoing to determine whether the latest attack was connected to previous killings in the area.
“We cannot say for now whether it is connected to previous attacks or whether the terrorists simply wanted to achieve their aim,” he said.
According to him, the attackers employed guerrilla tactics, striking the community before fleeing into nearby forests.
“They operate in the guerrilla warfare style. Once they attack, they immediately disappear into the woods, making it difficult to apprehend them,” Nwadiogbu said.
He assured residents that security agencies were intensifying efforts to track the attackers and prevent further attacks in the area.
(NAN)
