Benue Police Command said it has recovered 10 corpses of villagers killed by suspected herders in Tse-Audu and Enger villages in Gwer West local government area of the state.
Fresh attacks by suspected herders were reported in the area on Thursday night.
In a statement in Makurdi, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, confirmed that the bodies were victims of the Thursday’s attacks on the villages.
He said they were found by the mobile police contingent deployed to Naka, the capital of the local government council.
He attributed the deaths to armed bandits, saying that the police had in their routine surveillance, also encountered the attackers.
“Eight dead bodies were found in the bush around Tse-Audu and Enger villages in Gwer West local government.
“This is in addition to the two bodies that were removed from the same area on the same day,’’ he said.
