A popular Nigerian Leader has been shot dead by Bandits.
Truetells Nigeria reports that Bandits have killed a traditional ruler, Chief Hyacinth Ajon, and three other people in separate incidents in two Local Government Area of Benue State.
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The deceased traditional monarch was said to have been killed alongside one, Benjamin Anakula in Tse Zoola community of Makurdi LGA while two others whose names were not given were also killed in Guma area of the state.
The oldest man in the community, Aho Zoola, alleged that gunmen suspected to be herders attacked the villagers at about 2:00am, shot sporadically and killed the two people.
Zoola according to the report of one of Governor Samuel Ortom’s media aides, narrated that the attack on their rural abode came to them as a surprise because they never had any issues with herders.