Suspected herdsmen hijack fully loaded Benue Links bus, butcher passengers

• According to report, one passenger was killed and several others were injured

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Thursday, attacked a Benue Links bus conveying passengers to Otukpo en route Naka road Gwer West LGA at Tyolaha village.

According to report, one passenger was killed and several others were injured during the attack.

The latest attack is not the first time suspected herdsmen will be carrying out such gruesome attacks on passengers.

Tyolaha village has been a hotspot for persistent attacks by suspected Fulani Herdsmen.

The herdsmen who were almost 15 in number thwarted any resistance by their victims which caused them to disperse on an escape with ease.

This incessant attacks have caused most residents to flee and farmers to relocate from the that part of the road while the remnants call on the government and security operatives for protection.

Benue Police Public Relations Officer, Anekwe Catherine, who confirmed the incident said “a bus belonging to Benue Links which was heading to Otukpo was attacked by unknown gunmen and three persons including women were wounded and one person died this morning.”

In another story, hundreds of youths blocked the Otukpo/Adoka/Oweto federal highway to protest against kidnappings along the road.

These youths, mostly from Ojali in the Ohimini local government area of the state, expressed their frustration over the activities of kidnappers on the road.

One of the youths, identifying himself as Edache Ochojila, claimed that 11 commuters were abducted along the road earlier in the week.

He explained that some of the youths went in search of the kidnappers and were able to apprehend one suspect.

However, they were dismayed when the police, who had earlier ignored their distress calls, seized the suspect from them.

Ochojila stated, “About 6 days ago, they kidnapped about 11 people along the Otukpo-Ojali – Oweto road. We contacted the police, and they said they didn’t have bullets to come.

All efforts to arrest these individuals proved abortive. But this morning, when we went to search the bush, we were able to apprehend one of the suspects.