Date: January 26, 2021, 12:23:07 PM
Protests in Benue as herdsmen kill two Catholic priests, 17 others inside church: Crime : Nigerialog.com - Nigeria's Premier Online Forum
The herdsmen were said to have set ablaze houses in the village, shooting indiscriminately as villagers fled.Our correspondents learnt the attackers burnt down over 100 houses during the attack.The Tuesday attack came barely four days after the murder of 10 persons by herdsmen in the Guma LGA, and the destruction of houses in the Naka, Gwer LGA by men suspected to be military personnel who claimed to be searching for killers of a soldier.Last Wednesday, the Acting Governor of the state, Mr. Benson Abounu, had raised the alarm of planned attacks on five communities in the state.