Gunmen invaded Agbudu Community in Koton-Karfe in Kogi State on Wednesday 29th September, 2020, killing thirteen members of a family with ten others injured.
Ede Ayuba, the commissioner of police in the state confirmed the attack to a journalist in Lokoja, the state capital.
According to him, the dead victims include 13 members of the same family .
“Thirteen people were killed and ten people were fatally injured. The sad thing all the 13 dead bodies that were brought are all of the same family,” the police commissioner said
He added, “But in the interim, I want to give you that assurance that we are not going to relent in our efforts.
“We will make sure that we get to the root of anything that is behind the killings around that axis.”
Ayuba said as soon as he got wind of the situation, he quickly dispatched a team of police operatives, including the Divisional Police Officer in the area to the community.
He, however, explained that the gunmen fled the area before the arrival of security personnel
Ayuba pledged that the State Police Command would not relent in its efforts to tracking the perpetrators of the crime.
The commissioner said that the police had carried out some preliminary investigations and discovered that there had been long-standing communal feud in the community.
He noted that the police authorities are investigating the attack, adding that the real cause of the violence will be revealed soon
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