BENUE: Army confirm killing of 30 as rival militia groups clash in Ukum

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of 30 rival milita groups in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, just as it denied that the killings were herdsmen-related.

The Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke and Chairman of the Open Grazing Prohibition Enforcement Committee, Major General Sunday Igbinomwanhia, made the clarification at a briefing on Wednesday as the state began the enforcement of the ban on open grazing, given the expiration of its two-week ultimatum.

While acknowledging the killings in Ukum, he said the military clearance operations against terrorists in the Kwande Local Government Area has been decisive as peace has returned to the lock government where over 27 persons were reported killed in two weeks.