Soldier Killed In Error As Cultists Clash

A military officer attached to the 72 Special Forces Battalion has been killed by warring cultists in the North Bank area of Makurdi town, Tuesday.

Another man (name withheld) was also killed in the cult war. Vanguard gathered from a resident in the area that the cult gangs that engaged each other in a fight in Yogbo Road area of North Bank, also injured several persons.

He said: “It all started around 9p.m., when we noticed some armed young men believed to be members of cult groups moving around Yogbo area and attacking those suspected to be members of rival cult groups.

“There was pandemonium as people ran for their lives. The entire area was thrown into fear because we have a high number of cult gangs in North Bank and it seemed security personnel find it difficult to tackle the menace.

“A particular young man was attacked with machetes and left in a pool of blood, but he later died before any help could reach him.

“The gangs also erroneously waylaid and shot a military officer, who was on his way to work. “His colleagues were alerted of the incident, but by the time they got to the scene, he had already lost so much blood. They took him to the hospital where he finally gave up the ghost.

“Angered by the death of their colleague, soldiers from the Battalion condoned off the area in search of the masterminds of the attack.

“Their action forced a sudden closure of the popular North Bank markets, while all residents have been forced to remain indoors, as the soldiers patrol the nooks and crannies of the area.”

Efforts to reach the Commander of the 72 Special Forces Battalion, Lt. Col. Suleman Muhammad and Benue State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, failed as they did not pick calls to their phones.

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