This was confirmed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Colonel Paul Hamba (retd).
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This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, on Saturday in Makurdi.
Yusuf also said that troops during the patrol intervened in a violent clash between hunters and herdsmen in Obi Local Government following a distress call.
Ortom, who disclosed this on Wednesday while receiving the leaders of South and Middle Belt Forum at the Government House, Makurdi, said two persons were allegedly killed in each of the local governments.
In a communique after its meeting on January 12 and January 13 in Makurdi, the bishops, while condemning the massacre of over 73 people in Guma and Logo local government councils, called on the church to remain resolute in prayers.
Government offices, commercial banks, markets and schools were closed in the state capital in observance of the work-free day earlier declared by the State Government in honour of the victims.
The attackers invaded five villages in Guma and Logo Local Governments where they killed 73 persons and displaced 50,000 others.
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Emmanuel Shior, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi on Wednesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered Idris to move to Benue State to restore law and order and forestall the crisis from escalating.
Gunmen on New Year day attacked and killed 50 persons in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State.
The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Emmanuel Shior, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi on Friday that the agency had opened four camps for the displaced persons in the affected areas.