Troops repel fresh attack on Benue community

Force Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), Major General, Adeyemi Yekini, said on Friday night that his troops repelled some gunmen who invaded parts of Logo LGA in Benue State. In a statement made available to newsmen in Makurdi, he disclosed that the troops of OPWS engaged the attackers in a gun duel in an overnight operation carried out between Thursday night and early hours of Friday.

Yekini explained that during the operation, the troops encountered and destroyed an open camp set up by the gunmen along the banks of River Benue at Anyiibe, in Logo LGA, adding that in the process, some of the armed elements who attempted to cross back into Nasarawa State suffered a capsized boat during the exchange of fire.

“Troops that participated in the operation did not sustain any casualty, and no civilian was killed during the incident,” Yekini stated. He also urged the public to disregard any list of purported civilian casualties being circulated, describing it as ‘fake’.