{"id":137374,"date":"2024-01-09T11:58:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:58:26","slug":"suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At least seven yet to be identified villagers have been killed in a fresh attack by gunmen, suspected to be Fulani headmen in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.<\/p>\n<p>INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the assailants reportedly attacked a commercial vehicle between Arufu and Chembe villages and shot at passengers, over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that several others were reported to have been missing during the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a community leader, identified as Anawah Joseph, who spoke with Punch, disclosed that the attackers laid ambush on the road and shot at a commercial vehicle between Arufu and Chembe villages.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph said: \u201cArmed Fulani herders in collaboration with Jukun militias on Sunday shot at a commercial vehicle heading to Lorza where some passengers suffered injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also invaded Mchia where they slaughtered eight people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the horrible incident to newsmen on Monday, the Chairman of the local government, Rev Adagbe Jonathan, also confirmed that some persons were killed while several others were still missing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Benue Volunteer Guard Arrests Suspect For Illegal Possession Of Gun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s true that armed herders in collaboration with Jukun militias attacked my people yesterday (Sunday) at about 9 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the help of policemen, we were able to recover five corpses Sunday night while two corpses were recovered this morning (Monday). They also shot at a commercial vehicle where two people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I am talking to you now, the two people who sustained injuries have been taken to hospital at Anyim but many people are still missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-56229826\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least seven yet to be identified villagers have been killed in a fresh attack by gunmen, suspected to be Fulani headmen in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the assailants reportedly attacked a commercial vehicle between Arufu and Chembe villages and shot at passengers, over the weekend. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack - 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\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least seven yet to be identified villagers have been killed in a fresh attack by gunmen, suspected to be Fulani headmen in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the assailants reportedly attacked a commercial vehicle between Arufu and Chembe villages and shot at passengers, over the weekend. It [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-09T11:58:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benue-State-map.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-09T11:58:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/Benue-State-map.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nigeria News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/\",\"name\":\"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/Benue-State-map.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-09T11:58:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/Benue-State-map.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/Benue-State-map.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/09\\\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"At least seven yet to be identified villagers have been killed in a fresh attack by gunmen, suspected to be Fulani headmen in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the assailants reportedly attacked a commercial vehicle between Arufu and Chembe villages and shot at passengers, over the weekend. It [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-01-09T11:58:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benue-State-map.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack","datePublished":"2024-01-09T11:58:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/"},"wordCount":269,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benue-State-map.jpg","articleSection":["Nigeria News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/","name":"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benue-State-map.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-09T11:58:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benue-State-map.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benue-State-map.jpg","width":650,"height":350},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/09\/suspected-fulani-headers-kill-villagers-others-missing-in-fresh-benue-attack\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Suspected Fulani Headers Kill Villagers, Others Missing In Fresh Benue Attack"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}