9 feared dead as suspected Fulani herdsmen ambush commuter bus in Benue.

A commuter bus conveying 13 passengers from Gbajimba in Guma local government area of Benue state capital was Friday ambushed at Ajir village by suspected Fulani herdsmen with nine of the occupants reportedly killed or missing.

Saturday Vanguard gathered from sources that the incident has left all commuters traveling to and out of Gbajimba stranded as commercial motor operators have withdrawn all their vehicles on that route.

According to the source, “the occupants who were mostly native Tiv farmers were traveling from Gbajimba to Makurdi at about 11am when the heavily armed herdsmen waylaid and opened fire on them, killing two at the spot, four of the passengers managed to escape while seven others were chased into the bush by the assailants.

”Our fear at the moment is that those that were chased into the bush might have been killed because no one knows their whereabout and their families are yet to trace them.

-vanguard