{"id":174064,"date":"2025-08-13T22:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-again-three-die-in-fresh-bandits-attack-in-guma-lga"},"modified":"2025-08-13T23:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:51:12","slug":"benue-again-three-die-in-fresh-bandits-attack-in-guma-lga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-again-three-die-in-fresh-bandits-attack-in-guma-lga","title":{"rendered":"Benue: Again, three die in fresh bandits\u2019 attack in Guma LGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Barely 24 hours after three residents were killed in Yelewata within Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, bandits have again struck another community in the same LGA, killing three persons.<\/p>\n<p>The bandits attacked the Uikpam community of Mbabai Council Ward the LGA.<\/p>\n<p>A community leader and a former candidate for the Guma 1 State Assembly seat in the 2023 general elections, Jimmin Geoffrey, confirmed the attack to newsmen on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the discovery of the corpse of Iorhemba Ikpanju, an elderly man from the community, Wednesday morning, has brought the casualty figures to three following the killing of Akeh Kelvin and Francis Nomsoor last night.<\/p>\n<p>Sustained herdsmen attacks on Guma communities, which share borders with Nasarawa State, remain a major setback to the fight against insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discovery of the body of Baba Iorhemba Ikpanju at a nearby bush this morning brings the total casualty figures to three, following the death of Akeh Kelvin and Francis Nomsoor last night when herdsmen attacked the Uikpam community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe again call on concerned authorities to make haste by redeploying security operatives to Uikpam in order to at least repose some level of confidence in the already traumatised residents,\u201d Geoffrey said.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filing this report, the state police command has remained silent on the killings, as calls through to its spokesman went unanswered.<\/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. Barely 24 hours after three residents were killed in Yelewata within Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, bandits have again struck another community in the same LGA, killing three persons. The bandits attacked the Uikpam community of Mbabai Council Ward the LGA. 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