The Benue State Police command has said that the body of one of the officers it declared missing after an attack by Fulani herdsmen on Saturday night at the Azege-Ayilamo community in the Logo Local Government Area of the state had been found.
In a statement by the command spokesman, ASP, Moses Yamu, made available to our correspondent in Makurdi on Monday, the command lamented the death of one of the missing policemen.
Yamu stated, “He was found brutally slaughtered, with both eyes and ears as well as nose removed. We pray that God Almighty grants him eternal rest.”
The command said that it remained committed to its statutory and daunting obligation of ensuring security of lives and property in the state.
The command had stated on Saturday that suspected herdsmen had ambushed a patrol team at Azege Ayilamo in the Logo council area with four of its men missing.
Two of the missing policemen were said to have been rescued on Sunday.
In a related development, suspected Fulani herdsmen, on Monday, shot and killed two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, who were on special operations at the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
The incident, according to a security source, occurred at Awamye near Kasseyo village in the local government area.
The victims were said to have been ambushed by suspected Fulani herdsmen at a stream in Awanye.
He did not get back to our correspondent as of the time of filling this report.