Killing: Military Confirms Fresh Attack On Agatu Community - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 20, 2019
The Commander of a special military task force knownas “Operation Whirl Stroke” has confirmed that there was an attack at AgatuCommunity in Benue early on Wednesday.
Major -General Adeyemi Yekini said in a statementthat the number of people killed had not yet been ascertained but that troopshad been deployed to the area to restore peace.
The special military outfit is charged with the taskof flushing armed groups out of Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba.
Agatu and many other farming communities in Benuehave witnessed repeated armed attacks in recent years in deadly episodes blamedon herdsmen.