{"id":60998,"date":"2021-07-21T16:01:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=60998"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:01:23","slug":"armed-men-invade-benue-village-kill-3-month-old-baby-and-12-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/21\/armed-men-invade-benue-village-kill-3-month-old-baby-and-12-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed men invade Benue village, kill 3-month-old baby and 12 others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 3-month-old baby and 12 other people have been reportedly killed by gunmen who attacked some villages in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the gunmen first opened fired on travellers on Uikpam\u2013Umenger road around 3pm on Tuesday July 20, killing five people including the infant.<\/p>\n<p>According to report, the\u00a0remaining eight people were allegedly killed at Branch Ude at 10 pm on the same Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Aba, the chairman of Guma LGA confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Aba said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cThere was a burial in Torkula and people who were coming back from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/17\/biafra-reactions-trail-as-abba-kyari-attends-obi-cubanas-mothers-burial\/\">burial<\/a> came under attack and about five people were killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt about 10 pm, yesterday there was another attack at Branch Ude where about eight people were killed, bringing the total to 13 people killed only yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo people were injured by the information I received and they are now receiving treatment in the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deceased baby\u2019s mother, Sewuese Baaji who also spoke to the publication said they had travelled\u00a0from Makurdi to Umenger village for the burial of her husband\u2019s relative.<\/p>\n<p>Baaji said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cWe were on our way returning to Makurdi from Umenger village en route Torkula where the body of the late man was buried when we suddenly ran into an ambush by the gunmen who opened gunfire at our vehicle at about 3 pm just before Uikpam community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur driver did not stop but drove in the midst of the chaos until we got off the attackers\u2019 web.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bullets however hit my baby (whom I carried on my laps) on the chest and my lap too. My baby died instantly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0wounded woman, Hambafan Akuma who was\u00a0also carrying a baby, disclosed that a bullet tore into her wrapper and wounded her on the thigh. The\u00a0baby was however saved from the rains of the bullets opened on their vehicle by the gunmen who took them unawares.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness, David Mzer also\u00a0said he was in a car\u00a0with some friends on their way to Umenger for a political meeting, when they observed that the vehicle in front of them was fired at severally, forcing them to turn back to Makurdi.<\/p>\n<p>Mzer said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cThe herdsmen blocked the road, and opened fire on a Toyota Picnic, killing a 3 month-old baby who was shot in the chest, and his mother was shot on her lap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy colleague, who was directly behind the Toyota Picnic on seeing the herders shot at the car in front of him, turned and returned to Uikpam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe herders didn\u2019t stop there, a certain Terver from Uvir, who was conveying his wife, had their life taken from them. A certain Solomon Kumaiin was butchered by the killers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body of Terver and his wife were immediately taken to a mortuary in Daudu, while the injured were brought to BSUTH for treatment.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 3-month-old baby and 12 other people have been reportedly killed by gunmen who attacked some villages in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the gunmen first opened fired on travellers on Uikpam\u2013Umenger road around 3pm on Tuesday July 20, killing five people including the infant. 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