The chairman of Makurdi Local Government Area Mrs.Eunice Torbunde, has confirmed suspected herdsmen killed two persons in Zongo Akiki, Makurdi, Local Government Area in Benue state.
Zongo Akiki is a community located along Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering , NASME, Northbank, Makurdi.
It was the first herdsmen attack in the metropolitan council since gunmen launched a blistering attacks on Benue communities .
Mrs.Torbunde told newsmen that those killed were said to be going to the farm to harvest yams before they ran into an ambush by suspected herdsmen who shot and killed them at the spot.
