BENUE: SANKERA ATTACK: POLICE ACTION. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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  BENUE STATE POLICE COMMAND  PRESS RELEASE  18TH APRIL ,2025   SANKERA ATTACK: POLICE ACTION On  17/4/2025  at about 2100hrs, information was received that a large number of  suspected militia had invaded  Sankera axis of Benue state with intention to attack communities around Gbagir, Ukum Local Government Area.  Upon receipt of this report, the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Police command, CP. Steve H. Yabanet FCID, psc (+)  ordered tactical teams to move to the area and join forces with police officers on ground and other security agencies to forestall the attack.  Following this order, a team of officers moved to the area and engaged them. While the attackers were being repelled  in the early hours of today,  they  shot sporadically at unsuspecting farmers as they came across them .  Five (5) persons were recovered at Gbagir area and taken to the hospital where they were confirmed dead.  Unfor...

TWO HERDSMEN IN POLICE NET FOR CUTTING-OFF FATHER’S HANDS.(PHOTO).


The suspects, Bello Usman, 25, and Shehu Abubakar, 25, allegedly conspired with two others, who are both at large, to perpetrate the act.

Following their arrest, Usman and Abubakar were arraigned by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) on a two-count charge.

The charge includes criminal conspiracy and causing grievous harm, which contravened sections 97 and 246 of the penal code.

The suspects however told the court that they had planned to rustle their 60-year-old father’s cattle and not to chop-off his hands.

The Minna Chief Magistrate Fati Hassan Umar ordered that they remain in police custody till September 26.

The father and the guardian of the fleeing suspects were also summoned by the presiding chief magistrate.

They were ordered to produce their wards in court on the next adjourned date.

The chief magistrate also directed the police to go after the two fleeing culprits and ensure that they are brought to book.
The father of the herdsmen, whose hands were chopped-off, was conveyed to the court from the hospital where he was receiving medical attention.

 

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