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Four persons, including a church leader, have been killed by gunmen in a fresh attack in Benue State.
The incident was confirmed by the Special Adviser to the Governor of Benue State on Homeland Security, Air Commodore Jacob Gbamwuan (rtd.).
The victims include Vitalis Kenvanger, a leader of St. Albert Catholic Church, Abata, Yogbo, and a businessman who resides in the area, Dogo Udam.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said two of the victims were waylaid at Gyungu Azer, along the Udei to Yogbo road by their assailants.
Their bodies were recovered at the scene, while two others who were also travelling with them, Mr. Iorember Famja and Mama Shiaondo, the wife of Ioryem Ike, were yet to be found.
Mama Shiaondo was later released by her abductors, but the other has yet to be found.
Members of his family who spoke with Daily Post could not ascertain whether he was kidnapped or killed.
A search party organised by local vigilantes and security personnel combed the forest but were still unable to locate him.
Daily Post gathered that although his abductors answered his phone calls, they did not make any demand for ransom, prompting fears of the possibility that he might have been killed.
A relative of the slain church leader, Boniface Igboji, stated: “I spoke with my brother yesterday when we were in Daudu but didn’t know he would depart this earth today through these murderous Fulani jihadists.”
He informed that the killers of his relative answered his phone calls and told the family that their brother was dead.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Benue State Police Command, DSP Udeme Edet, said she had not been briefed but promised to call back.
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