Suspected herdsmen have again killed six persons among them two teachers of Makurdi Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Ikpayongo, Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State.
Colleagues of the teachers said the victims were among the 10 persons that went to access farm land for rice cultivation, under the auspices of a cooperative society on Wednesday, but were ambushed and shot.
They said four of the teachers managed to escape with wounds, while six others were not so lucky, as they were said to have been killed and their bodies dismembered.
It was gathered that bodies of the deceased were recovered on Thursday with the assistance of some security operatives.
Two of the victims were identified as Mr. Stephen Tavaku, the head teacher of St. Mary’s Primary School, North Bank, Makurdi, while the other victim was identified as Mr. Christian Anankpa, a PhD student of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who was the Basic Science teacher, St Mary’s UBE Junior Secondary School, North Bank, Makurdi.
The police were yet to confirm the incident, at the time of this report.