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Suspected herdsmen yesterday
launched another attack on Tse
Shan at Saghev in Guma Local
Government Area of Benue State,
leaving at least nine people dead,
including two students sitting for
the ongoing Senior School
Certificate Examination (SSCE)
conducted by the National
Examination Council (NECO).
Those killed in Guma, home of
Governor Samuel Ortom, were
seven, while two others were
murdered in Logo, homestead of
former Governor Gabriel
Suswam. It was learnt that the
attack, which occurred about
3a.m. when residents were still
sleeping, left many people
missing and others injured.
The Chairman of Guma Local
Government Area, Mr. Anthony
Shawon, who confirmed the
killings, said the victims included
two students who came to sit for
NECO in the community. Shawon
told journalists that he had
reported the matter to the
Special Adviser to the governor
on Security Matters, Colonel Paul
Hemba (rtd).
He said that bodies of the victims,
including those injured, had
been taken to the General
Hospital, located at Gbajimba, the
headquarters of Guma Local
Government Area. The chairman
said that he had received
information that the attack came
hours after soldiers deployed in
the area to help maintain peace
in the communities left the area.
He said the commander of the 72
Special Forces Battalion had
swiftly dispatched soldiers in the
scene of the attack to confront
the killers, but on arrival at the
scene, the attackers had already
accomplished their mission and
left.
The security adviser expressed
the belief that the attackers made
incursion into the area from a
base in Logo Local Government
Area.


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