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Houses burnt as residents flee from communal clash in Benue
Several houses has been destroyed as residents fled from their homes following a communal clash between communities in Gwer East and Konshisha GAs of Benue State.
Ekwutosblog gathered that the incident occurred over the weekend between the two communities that has engaged in reccuring communal conflicts in the past three months over age long differences.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the latest incident occurred when the Mbaiase community in Masev of Gwer East LGA, launched a surprise attack on the Gbinde community in Mbagusa, Mbatser, ShangevTiev of Konshisha LGA.
He said the fresh attack on Gbinde community by Mbaiase community was a reprisal attack.
The renewed clashes between the two warring communities was confirmed by the media aide to the Executive Chairman of Konshisha LGA, Terhide Fave.
He admitted that the fresh attack occurred on Saturday evening and resulted in the destruction of yet to be ascertained number of houses and properties .
Fave said there was no loss of lives during the attack but it led to destruction of properties and dislocation of families of which many have fled to neighboring communities for safety.
“Residents have fled the area. Many houses were burnt but I can’t ascertain the numbers now,” he said.
The Chairman of Konshisha LGA, Terfa Moses Chikyaa, who visited the area, condemned the attack and urged the communities to remain calm and not react violently.
“The chairman advised the affected people not to take the law into their own hands as the state government would take steps to bring the perpetrators to justice,” Chikyaa said.
Efforts to get the comments of the spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command, CSP Catherine Anene, were not successful as calls to her mobile telephone was not returned.
Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Gwarimpa in Abuja has ordered that former Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, be kept at Kuje prison till December 18.
Ngige will be on remand till the date when his bail application would be decided by the court.
Justice Hassan issued the order on Monday shortly after taking arguments for and against the bail request of the former governor of Anambra State.
Ngige’s lawyer, Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, pleaded with the judge to admit the former minister to bail, mainly on health ground.
He submitted that the former minister would not jump bail or interfere with witnesses if admitted to bail.
However, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, represented by Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, vehemently opposed the bail request, insisting that Ngige was a flight risk.
Tahir told the judge that Ngige was granted administrative bail by the EFCC and allowed to travel abroad for medical care but never reported back to the Commission.
Besides, he said that the international passport released to Ngige; to facilitate the abroad trip was never returned till today.
The senior lawyer argued that it was when Ngige was re-arrested that he came up with a purported claim that he lost his passport.
He insisted that the claim of passport loss was an afterthought and should not be believed by the court.
After the submissions, Justice Hassan fixed December 18 to deliver ruling in the bail request.
Ngige was last Friday slammed with an eight-count charge bordering on corrupt practices.
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Bobby denied the allegations made by Uchechi Sandra Nnenne that her family sponsored their wedding which took place on Jan. 4, 2025.
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He also denied Sandra’s claims that he kept borrowing money from her.
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Sandra also didn’t provide evidence to back her allegations. (Check her claims in previous post).
A young woman allegedly gave birth to a baby boy and k!lled the newborn shortly after delivery in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.
The disturbing incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Sunday, December 14, 2025 behind Government Secondary School, Gboko, throwing the community into pandemonium and mourning.
Residents are calling for immediate police intervention to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident and ensure justice is served.
Authorities are yet to issue an official statement as of the time of this report.
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