By Ihie Grace
Herdsmen have reportedly killed a Superintendent of Police attached to the Benue State Police Command, Mamud Abubakar.
Abubakar, who was the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Naka Division, Gwer West Local Government Area, State was killed on Tuesday around 3:30pm.
According to report, the DPO was killed while returning from Makurdi, where he went for peace escort.
The State Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, confirmed the incident to journalist on Tuesday.
He said: “It is true that the DPO was killed; he was going for peace escort and they cleared the road for him. on his way to Nkar they laid ambush for him.”
Elsewhere, five people were killed between Sunday and Tuesday, by hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen in some communities in the council.
The Chairman of Gwer West LGA, Ayande Andrew, meanwhile claimed that the DPO was killed by herders.
He said, “the road was blocked by herdsman and the DPO was on his way to Makurdi when they ambushed him; he was the only one person in the vehicle at that time.”
On the other five victims, he said, one was killed on Tuesday at tsenge village by Herdsmen and another four people were killed at babowa community on Sunday.
