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Six herdsmen and greater than 150 cows have been reportedly killed by troopers deployed within the Benue and Nasarawa states border.
It was gathered that the herdsmen have been killed at Akpanagya, within the Keana space of Nasarawa.
Spokesman for the police within the state, ASP Usman Samaila, mentioned the command acquired data that the army personnel got here from Benue and carried out the operation.
“The command is aware of the incident that took place in the Keana Local Government Area of the state,” he mentioned.
“I can confirm to you that our men went to the scene of the incident and recovered about six dead bodies killed by the suspected military men in the area.”