By Emma Ella
As the Inspector General of Police (IG), Ibrahim
Idris, is scheduled to relocate to Benue State tomorrow, rampaging herders on Tuesday
killed two policemen while one other
sustained severe injury after their camp was attacked at Awashuwa village in
Logo Local Government Area of the state.
The herdsmen had earlier attacked the camp of a
detachment of Mobile Policemen from Mopol 13 stationed at Awashuwa in Logo but
they were repelled, only for them (herdsmen) to regroup and attack the camp in
the evening.
Disclosing the attack to journalists, one of the
policemen, who was badly injured by herdsmen, said the herdsmen came in large
number and overpowered the policemen and then injured an inspector and a
sergeant before they slit their throats in a nearby bush in the area while they
also burnt some houses within the area after the attack.
Some of the policemen have been brought to the
Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) in Makurdi while the remains
of the deceased policemen were being evacuated to the mortuary in Makurdi.
The state Police Command who went on an ariel surveillance
operation led by the state Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of
Operation, DCP Abdul Gimba, had a stopover at Awashuwa while the corpses of
slain policemen were being evacuated.
"Our men came under attack at Awashuwa in Logo
council area of the state. They were ambushed by the herdsmen who had tried to
attack them earlier in the day but they were repelled. Two of our men were killed
and their riffles taken away," he said.
The state Police Public Relations Officer who
confirmed the report disclosed that a reinforcement was sent to the area from Mopol
13 led by the Commander, CSP Abubakar Garba.
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