Police successfully thwarted an assault by local bandits on Tse Gaagum village in Ukemberegya council ward, situated in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Security forces reportedly killed one of the bandits who invaded the village in the early hours of Wednesday.
Reports state that the community revealed that the bandits attacked the village around 4 am. The villagers swiftly made a distress call to the security forces, who promptly responded and pursued the bandits. The source, who preferred not to be named, provided these details.
The source said, “The bandits stormed the village at about 4:00am on Wednesday and forcefully taken away motorcycles and valuables.
“Luckily, a resident of the village made a call to policemen who raced to the area and succeeded in chasing them and in the process killed one of them and recovered a Bajaaj motorcycle.”
Upon reaching out, Joseph Har, the Special Adviser to the governor on Security and Internal Affairs, affirmed the report and praised the security operatives for their swift response to the distress call.
Har said, “I got the information that security men in Logo who received a distress call from residents of Tse Gaagum village early hours of today (Wednesday) shot dead one of the bandits who attacked the community.
“They succeeded in recovering a Bajaaj motorcycle belonging to one of the villagers.”
Attempts to reach the spokesperson for the state command, Catherine Anene, proved unsuccessful as her phone rang, and she did not answer.