No fewer than 90 persons were killed, weekend, in separate incidents in Benue and Borno States.
In
Benue, 55 persons were killed, yesterday, afternoon in one of the
bloodiest clashes between Tiv youths and suspected Fulani mercenaries at
Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma Local Government Area of the state,
while 35 persons died when Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) suspected
to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists exploded at a market
square in Ngurosoye village of Bama council area of Borno State.
The
deaths were recorded on a day the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Kenneth
Minimah, charged officers and soldiers involved in the ongoing counter
terrorist operations in the North-East to ensure that the terrorists no
longer have any opportunity to perpetrate atrocities.
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