{"id":711051,"date":"2019-09-26T17:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T17:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/26\/police-uncover-hidden-graves-in-benue\/"},"modified":"2019-09-26T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T17:48:41","slug":"police-uncover-hidden-graves-in-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/26\/police-uncover-hidden-graves-in-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Uncover Hidden Graves In Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_265646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265646\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-265646\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/o-GRAVES-MEXICO-facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 30 dead bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in Gbatse village in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue state.<\/p>\n<p>According to Daily Trust, the graves were found in the premises of an alleged kidnapper\u2019s gang leader who had been terrorising motorists plying the route.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents of the community were said to have besieged the gravesite to see things with their eyes while some were said to have allegedly identified their missing relatives among the dead.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the suspected kidnapper was arrested by the Police and he confessed to killing someone and leading the police to make further discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Some sources also alleged that the suspect was in the habit of killing his victims and collecting their properties such as cars and motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Police Allegedly Demand Sex From Ladies Caught With Cannabis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Benue state command, Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Makurdi, saying \u201cit was true that mass graves were identified in Ushongo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the police that did the job. But exhumation continues. We can\u2019t state exact findings now. We will give further details later,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo More than 30 dead bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in Gbatse village in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue state. According to Daily Trust, the graves were found in the premises of an alleged kidnapper\u2019s gang leader who had been terrorising motorists plying the route. Many residents of the community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":711052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Uncover Hidden Graves In Benue - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/26\/police-uncover-hidden-graves-in-benue\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Police Uncover Hidden Graves In Benue - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"File photo More than 30 dead bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in Gbatse village in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue state. 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