Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, has said that troops have killed three suspected armed herdsmen who attacked those deployed in Apa local government area of Benue State.
Gen Sunday Igbinomwanhia, the Force Commander of the OPWS, made the disclosure on Monday in Makurdi while briefing journalists on the attack.
OPWS covers Nasarawa, Taraba and Benue states.
Igbinomwanhia said that the armed herders during the attack, killed one personnel and injured another who was receiving treatment at a hospital in Makurdi.
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According to him, the other troops were currently carrying out a clearance operation to flush out suspected armed foreign herders who had invaded Kwande local government area.
He alleged that those terrorising some villages in Kwande local government area were suspected armed herdsmen coming into the country through the international border line between Nigeria and Cameroon.
In another development, suspected herders killed about three persons in Kwande local government area on Sunday night.
Source: NAN
