Gunmen have killed two Fulani herdsmen at Agbudu village in Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State.
A resident of neighbouring Kpareke community simply identified as Saidu said the incident happened on Sunday at about 12am when a Fulani camp was attacked.
Saidu said the bandits attempted to abduct some herders but that they resisted and in the process two of the herders and one of the gunmen were killed.
A member of the vigilante group in Koton Karfe, headquarters of Kogi LGA, who preferred anonymity, confirmed the incident, saying the vigilantes earlier engaged the gunmen around Ahoko Bridge on the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
He said, “We chased them away from Ahoko Bridge when they attempted to attack travelers, and they moved to Agbudu village and killed two herders at their camp.”
The spokesman of the Kogi State Police Command, DSP Williams Ovye Aya, did not pick calls or reply to and SMS on the incident.
