The Benue state Police Command has confirmed that no fewer than five persons were killed on Tuesday in Katsina Ala Local Government Area of the state after some gunmen opened fire on a hotel at Tor Donga community.
DAILY POST learnt that several others sustained gunshot injuries and were rushed to a public hospital in the area after the attack.
The community was thrown into confusion after the gunmen had arrived on motorcycles at about 9 pm on the said day.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Moses Yamu, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Friday, said five persons were shot dead.
Yamu said, “This is following the clampdown on criminals especially the wanted Terwase Akwaza, aka ‘Ghana’ and his gang who have been terrorizing Katsina Ala axis of the state and the recent discovery of one Red Scrambler Power bike, 164 explosives, 2 empty rocket casings, 2 AK47 magazines, 2 sacks of Indian hemp, 10 mobile phones, 1 Dane gun, 5 live cartridges, 20 (5.62mm) special ammunition at Tor Donga.
“On October 18, armed men suspected to be Ghana’s gang members rode on a Bajaj motorcycle, shot and killed three persons at Hotel Tyosee and two others including an 85-year-old woman in their residences in the community.
“Based on information, men of Operation Zenda who were on the trail of the hoodlums came under attack.
“Two of the hoodlums got fatally injured in the gun duel that ensured between two Military riffles with Breech number 1971TT – 1211 and 563631 with 10 rounds of ammunition were recovered.
“They were confirmed dead on reaching BSUTH, Makurdi.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP, Bashir Dabup Makama calls for calm from members of the public and assures them of the Command’s readiness to rid the state of crime, while appealing to general public to cooperate with the police by providing useful information on criminal activities around them,” the PPRO told DAILY POST.
Meanwhile, it would be recalled that the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, had recently assured the people of the state that security agencies will soon arrest the wanted suspected criminal popularly known as ‘Ghana’.
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