{"id":173852,"date":"2025-08-12T21:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/heavy-gunfire-as-benue-community-comes-under-attack"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:52:53","slug":"heavy-gunfire-as-benue-community-comes-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/heavy-gunfire-as-benue-community-comes-under-attack","title":{"rendered":"Heavy gunfire as Benue community comes under attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Uikpam town in Mbabai Council Ward, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, is currently under attack.<\/p>\n<p>Jimin Geoffrey, former media aide to the ex-Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom, posted the disturbing news on his official Facebook page on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The post reads, \u201cThe calculated onslaught continues as militia herders are currently attacking Uikpam, headquarters and the only surviving town in the whole of Mbabai Council Ward. The agenda is real.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you read this, shooting is ongoing. May God help our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that Uikpam and other communities in Guma LGA have been facing unprovoked attacks by suspected herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p>Barely two weeks ago, the assailants killed two individuals along the Uikpam\u2013Umenger road near Uikpam town.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer of the state, Udeme Edet, were not successful as of press time.<\/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. Uikpam town in Mbabai Council Ward, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, is currently under attack. Jimin Geoffrey, former media aide to the ex-Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom, posted the disturbing news on his official Facebook page on Tuesday night. The post reads, \u201cThe calculated onslaught continues as militia herders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[331,1578,254],"class_list":["post-173852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-benue","tag-breaking","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heavy gunfire as Benue community comes under attack - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uikpam town in Mbabai Council Ward, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, is currently under attack. 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