The Benue Police Command said on Friday that it has recovered 10 corpses of villagers killed by suspected herdsmen in Tse-Audu and Enger villages in Gwer West Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.
In a statement in Makurdi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, said the bodies were victims of the Thursday attacks on the villages.
He said they were found by the mobile police contingent deployed to Naka, the capital of the local government council.
He attributed the deaths to armed bandits, saying that the police had in their routine surveillance, also encountered the attackers.
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“Eight dead bodies were found in the bush around Tse-Audu and Enger villages in Gwer West local government.
“This is in addition to the two bodies that were removed from the same area on the same day”, he said.
The PPRO, however, assured residents of the communities of the safety of their lives, saying that a detachment of police team on counter insurgency had been deployed to the area.
He also advised members of the public to promptly report any suspicious movements to security agencies for immediate action.
Recall that Gwer West local government had in 2012 and 2014 witnessed several conflicts involving farmers and herdsmen.
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