Gunmen unleashed terror on four council wards of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State over the weekend, killing at least 100 people.
It was gathered that over 100 dead bodies were recovered from many villages in the four council wards between Saturday and Sunday. Most of the corpses were recovered from the bush.
Confirming this, a spokesman of the Kastina-Ala council chairman, Tertsea Benga, alleged that the gunmen invaded several communities on Saturday and burnt down houses.
The Chairman of Kastina-Ala LGA, Alfred Atera, also confirmed the incident to newsmen, listing the communities to include Mbayongo, Yooyo, Utange and Mbatyula/Mberev.
Atera said, “More than 100 people have been killed in different places.
“They (attackers) are killing and dropping as they are going on their way. Some people were able to claim the corpses for burial.
“I told the military that the attackers have developed a strategy; they are not attacking one place.
“If they attack a place now, the next thing you hear is that they are in Yooyo and at the same time they are attacking Utange, so the military is going here and there.
“There is no military connivance, but I’m suspecting the existence of bandits here and I think they are trying to win cheap popularity.”