Residents flee as gunmen invade Benue community
Uikpam, headquarters of Mbabai Council Ward, Guma LGA of Benue State, came under heavy attack on Friday night.
DAILY POST gathered that gunmen invaded the community at about 10:30 pm and started shooting sporadically.
Jimin Geoffrey, ex-media aide to former governor of the state, Samuel Ortom, lamented the development in a post on his Facebook page on Saturday.
According to him, the gunshots caused pandemonium in the area with hundreds of residents fleeing “into the bushes and some to Daudu for safety”.
“People slept in the bushes and had terrible battles with mosquitoes. Many were injured while fleeing in the dark bushes for safety.
“I personally went to Uikpam this morning to see things for myself and everybody confirmed there were gunshots. This means Uikpam, which houses an IDP camp for years, is vulnerable.
“Uikpam is vulnerable to militia herders attacks and my sincere appeal to the state government is to urgently restore the mobile security personnel that were withdrawn from the town few weeks ago. This will bring back confidence in the residents”.
He appealed to the state and federal governments to be proactive in “restoring security at Uikpam in order not to give room for any unforeseen calamity”.
Residents flee as gunmen invade Benue community
