Benue news
BREAKING: Bloody Christmas: Kastina Ala in Benue State on fire, many killed
There is currently palpable tension in Katsina Ala area of Benue State after gunmen attacked the residence of Hon. Atera Alfred, the local government chairman of the area, leaving three people dead.
Among those killed, IDOMA VOICE gathered was a policeman and other civilians.
Meanwhile, personnel of the Operation Zenda have arrived the place to calm the situation at the time of this report.
Reacting to the development, Governor Samuel Ortom, condemned in strong terms what he described as an assassination attempt on the Chairman of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, Mr. Alfred Atera on Thursday which claimed the lives of three security men and two civilians.
The Governor in a statement, Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, in Makurdi described the attack which took place at the Chairman’s Katsina-Ala residence as unacceptable and urged security operatives to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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