{"id":163092,"date":"2025-05-19T12:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/herdsmen-behind-agatu-killings-will-be-hunted-down-council-chairman-vows"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:31:40","slug":"herdsmen-behind-agatu-killings-will-be-hunted-down-council-chairman-vows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/herdsmen-behind-agatu-killings-will-be-hunted-down-council-chairman-vows","title":{"rendered":"Herdsmen behind Agatu killings will be hunted down \u2014 Council chairman vows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairman of Agatu Local Government Area in Benue State, Melvin Ejeh, has vowed that the criminal herders responsible for Sunday\u2019s deadly ambush on traders in the Ogwumogbo and Okpo\u2019okpolo communities will be hunted down and brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Monday, the chairman condemned the attack in which six persons returning from Oweto Market were killed.<\/p>\n<p>He described the incident as a \u201cbarbaric, criminal, and heinous act\u201d that threatens the fragile peace efforts being championed by his administration in the crisis-prone local government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is sad and highly regrettable that some criminal herders are bent on causing yet another crisis despite the painstaking efforts by my administration to restore permanent peace in Agatu land,\u201d Ejeh said.<\/p>\n<p>He assured residents that the police, military, DSS, and other security agencies had already launched operations to identify, locate, and apprehend those behind the killings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrators and their sponsors must not go unpunished,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing concerns of possible insecurity in the area, Ejeh called on citizens to remain calm and continue their daily activities, noting that the council is fully collaborating with security agencies to secure lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who is found to be aiding and abetting criminality in the local government area will be dealt with according to the law,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman also provided clarity on the casualty figures from the attack, disputing media reports which claimed that 15 people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, only six lives were lost in the ambush, and two others sustained injuries. He identified the deceased as \u2013 Haruna Shuaibu (M), Samuel Ibrahim, Aliyu Yahaya, Oyenge Adams (M), Malik Gabriel (M) and Fatima Shuaibu (F).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chairman of Agatu Local Government Area in Benue State, Melvin Ejeh, has vowed that the criminal herders responsible for Sunday\u2019s deadly ambush on traders in the Ogwumogbo and Okpo\u2019okpolo communities will be hunted down and brought to justice. 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