Bandits suspected to be loyalists of the famous Gana reportedly set multiple buildings ablaze in Benue State while also shooting sporadically on Thursday. It was gathered that the police wasn't spared from the deadly assailants either.
You may recall the story of the famous bandits leader, Terwase Akwaza popularly known as ‘Gana’, who was slain by security operatives.
Gana's loyalists are however suspected to be the assailants who reportedly carried out a ferocious attack on Tse Harga community of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area in Benue State today.
Speaking with the press, the Council Chairman of Katsina-Ala, Alfred Atera, told our Daily Trust that one policeman was killed in the attack while the police station, a police vehicle and several houses were burnt by the bandits.
The chairman also revealed that the assailants targeted community youth who were members of the community vigilante group
It was learnt that about 4:00 am on Thursday, the gunmen started shooting sporadically in the community, even as they set ablaze several buildings and a police pick-up van.
They reportedly killed a police officer and burnt several houses including a police station in Tse Harga.
It was however learnt that troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with the Police force, killed one of the suspected bandits in a swift counter-response to the attack during which they recovered over 200 rounds of ammunition. The council chairman commended their quick response to the attack.
Source: Daily Trust
Content created and supplied by: Adegorioye (via Opera
News )
Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform
See More
COMMENTS