The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has temporarily relocated to Makurdi, the Benue State capital, due to the incessant killings of innocent villagers by herders and militia groups, the Nigerian Army said yesterday.
The Service made this disclosure on its verifiable X handle.
Unfortunately, members of a new terrorist group, Mahmuda, have reportedly killed three villagers in Duruma village, Baruten Local Government Area, Kwara State, raising fears about a new security threat.
This was as operatives of the Joint Security Task Force have neutralised about 30 bandits in an operation, which took place in Kuchi community of Munya Local Government of the Niger State on Monday.
In another development, insecurity is fast spreading to some parts of Owerri, Imo State capital, as suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday killed a USA-based Nigerian (identity withheld) around Irete-Umuguma Road, near Golden Estate/Abba Father Avenue in Umuguma. (Thisday)