At least three people were reportedly killed and two others injured in a renewed attack by suspected armed herders at Elulu and Agadagba communities in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State.PUNCH Metrolearnt on Sunday that the attacks happened separately between Friday and Saturday night when suspected armed herders invaded the communities.According to a local from the Agadagba community who simply identified himself as Ameh, some suspected herders stormed the village on Saturday night, having attacked Elulu village earlier on Friday.Ameh, who spoke to journalists on Sunday in a telephone interview, said, “The Fulani herdsmen attacked our community (Agadagba) yesterday night and attempted to rustle cows, and in the process some youths repelled them.“But some of the attackers, who were well armed, shot at the youths, and two of them died. It was later we learnt that the same Fulani herdsmen had, a day earlier, invaded Elulu village, where they killed one person.”When contacted on the phone on Sunday, the chairman of the Ohimini Local Government Area, Gabriel Adole, confirmed the two incidents to journalists.According to the chairman, the attackers invaded Elulu and Agadagba communities within the council between Friday and Saturday night.Related NewsSuspected armed herders kill three in fresh Benue attacksPDP, Kwara residents decry delay in rescuing 176 abducteesAttacks: Plateau LG bans unauthorised herders’ settlementsAdole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. PUNCH Metrolearnt on Sunday that the attacks happened separately between Friday and Saturday night when suspected armed herders invaded the communities.According to a local from the Agadagba community who simply identified himself as Ameh, some suspected herders stormed the village on Saturday night, having attacked Elulu village earlier on Friday.Ameh, who spoke to journalists on Sunday in a telephone interview, said, “The Fulani herdsmen attacked our community (Agadagba) yesterday night and attempted to rustle cows, and in the process some youths repelled them.“But some of the attackers, who were well armed, shot at the youths, and two of them died. It was later we learnt that the same Fulani herdsmen had, a day earlier, invaded Elulu village, where they killed one person.”When contacted on the phone on Sunday, the chairman of the Ohimini Local Government Area, Gabriel Adole, confirmed the two incidents to journalists.According to the chairman, the attackers invaded Elulu and Agadagba communities within the council between Friday and Saturday night.Related NewsSuspected armed herders kill three in fresh Benue attacksPDP, Kwara residents decry delay in rescuing 176 abducteesAttacks: Plateau LG bans unauthorised herders’ settlementsAdole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. According to a local from the Agadagba community who simply identified himself as Ameh, some suspected herders stormed the village on Saturday night, having attacked Elulu village earlier on Friday.Ameh, who spoke to journalists on Sunday in a telephone interview, said, “The Fulani herdsmen attacked our community (Agadagba) yesterday night and attempted to rustle cows, and in the process some youths repelled them.“But some of the attackers, who were well armed, shot at the youths, and two of them died. It was later we learnt that the same Fulani herdsmen had, a day earlier, invaded Elulu village, where they killed one person.”When contacted on the phone on Sunday, the chairman of the Ohimini Local Government Area, Gabriel Adole, confirmed the two incidents to journalists.According to the chairman, the attackers invaded Elulu and Agadagba communities within the council between Friday and Saturday night.Related NewsSuspected armed herders kill three in fresh Benue attacksPDP, Kwara residents decry delay in rescuing 176 abducteesAttacks: Plateau LG bans unauthorised herders’ settlementsAdole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. Ameh, who spoke to journalists on Sunday in a telephone interview, said, “The Fulani herdsmen attacked our community (Agadagba) yesterday night and attempted to rustle cows, and in the process some youths repelled them.“But some of the attackers, who were well armed, shot at the youths, and two of them died. It was later we learnt that the same Fulani herdsmen had, a day earlier, invaded Elulu village, where they killed one person.”When contacted on the phone on Sunday, the chairman of the Ohimini Local Government Area, Gabriel Adole, confirmed the two incidents to journalists.According to the chairman, the attackers invaded Elulu and Agadagba communities within the council between Friday and Saturday night.Related NewsSuspected armed herders kill three in fresh Benue attacksPDP, Kwara residents decry delay in rescuing 176 abducteesAttacks: Plateau LG bans unauthorised herders’ settlementsAdole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. “But some of the attackers, who were well armed, shot at the youths, and two of them died. It was later we learnt that the same Fulani herdsmen had, a day earlier, invaded Elulu village, where they killed one person.”When contacted on the phone on Sunday, the chairman of the Ohimini Local Government Area, Gabriel Adole, confirmed the two incidents to journalists.According to the chairman, the attackers invaded Elulu and Agadagba communities within the council between Friday and Saturday night.Related NewsSuspected armed herders kill three in fresh Benue attacksPDP, Kwara residents decry delay in rescuing 176 abducteesAttacks: Plateau LG bans unauthorised herders’ settlementsAdole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. When contacted on the phone on Sunday, the chairman of the Ohimini Local Government Area, Gabriel Adole, confirmed the two incidents to journalists.According to the chairman, the attackers invaded Elulu and Agadagba communities within the council between Friday and Saturday night.Related NewsSuspected armed herders kill three in fresh Benue attacksPDP, Kwara residents decry delay in rescuing 176 abducteesAttacks: Plateau LG bans unauthorised herders’ settlementsAdole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. According to the chairman, the attackers invaded Elulu and Agadagba communities within the council between Friday and Saturday night.Related NewsSuspected armed herders kill three in fresh Benue attacksPDP, Kwara residents decry delay in rescuing 176 abducteesAttacks: Plateau LG bans unauthorised herders’ settlementsAdole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. Adole said, “It is not only in the Agadagba community that the armed herders killed people. They first attacked Elulu village the day before yesterday (Friday), killed somebody, attacked another person and collected his Bajaj motorcycle.“They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. “They also went to Agadagba village that very day to rustle cows, but the people actually repelled them. So, they shot one of them in the leg. They couldn’t rustle the cows from there again. Yesterday, being Saturday, they went out again and killed two persons in Agadagba.“As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. “As I am talking to you, I am even preparing to go to the communities to pay them condolences. So far, three lives were lost in the attacks. They injured two persons: the one whose bike they collected his bike from and the one that they went to rustle. Both of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment.”The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. The chairman disclosed that local security personnel, in collaboration with the police, have been deployed to the affected areas to avert further attacks.He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. He, however, said that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas following the presence of security personnel in the communities.Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. Ohimini LGA has continued to witness unabated attacks in the last few weeks, which some people have linked to the killing of the state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Risku Mohammed, on June 24, 2026.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out. Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the state command, DSP Udeme Edet, could not be reached for comment as her phone rang out.