It was a bloody yuletide celebration at Lessel
town, in local government area of Benue State,
where a clash between the police and irate
youths led to the shooting of five youths with
one confirmed dead while four others are said
be in critical condition at a public hospital.
This is just as a suspected rival cult clash in
Agbouhogh village, in the outskirt of Makurdi
town left no fewer than 15 persons with
serious injuries.
Though the reason for the bloody clash was
not yet clear at the time of this report, the
injured and some of the suspects were
reported to have been apprehended and taken
to the ‘D Division’ of the Makurdi Area
Command of the police from where some of
them were taken for medical attention.
Meantime, Sunday Vanguard gathered from an
eyewitness that the yuletide mayhem at Lessel
started at about noon when over 2,000 youths
from across Ushongo converged for a
procession to the popular Ushongo Hills for
their annual Christmas picnic.
“They were prevented from moving into the
hills by the Police who were allegedly directed
by the District Head of Mbayegh, Chief
Nathaniel Hoyough, to prevent the picnic from
taking place in his domain where the hill is
located,”the eye witness said.
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