BEVERLY HILLS, April 11, (THEWILL) –Â Gunmen, said to be clad in military fatigues, have attacked two communities in the north-central state shortly after sunset on Tuesday, killing at least 10 villagers and wounding multiple others.
The first attack occurred in Gbeji Village in Ukum Local Government Area at about 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, with attackers first opening fire at the playground of a Catholic Church parish where children were playing football before making their way into the village proper, witnesses said.
They stopped at the church in their Army uniform and shot and killed an old man who was watching football before attacking the village killing seven people.
The second attack claimed three persons in Channel One, a small village about two kilometres from Gbeji. Channel One, traditionally known as Gbwer, is in Logo Local Government Area.
Residents are fleeing the villages and others nearby, leaving some of their dead and seriously injured loved ones behind.
The attacks are the latest of resurgence assaults following the end of ‘Exercise Ayem Akpatuma’ – Cat Race -by the Nigerian Army.
