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Following the killing of a soldier at the weekend, army ransacked six villages in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, killing six persons, including a pregnant woman.
But the Brigade Commander of the 707 Special Force, Brig. Clement Apere, denied that soldiers attacked the people.
“The operation we conducted in the area was carried out in a professional way,” he said.
Among the sixe villages ransacked are— Olegadakolo, Ikpele, Otugologwu, Iwali, Okpanchenyi and Egba — were sacked by the soldiers.
A resident at the Egba community, said a pregnant woman was hit by a stray bullet, adding that the six villages had been deserted.
“Children and women have moved out of the affected villages, while many people have been arrested by the invading soldiers,” a resident of one of the villages, who pleaded anonymity said.
The council’s sole administrator, Mr. Mike Inalegwu, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone, also denied the killing of people in Agatu communities but admitted the invasion of military personnel.
“There is no iota of truth in that, no one was killed, the military were only on the mission to recover their arms and ammunition,” he said.
Speaking at a press conference, the commander, 707 Special Forces Brigade, Brig. Gen. Clement Apere, said only one person was arrested.