Armed men with the use of explosives and sophisticated weapons, Friday afternoon stormed and robbed selected commercial banks in Otukpo, the headquarters of Benue South Senatorial District in an operation that lasted about one hour.
He said, “the entire operation started at about 3pm, when young men numbering about 10 in Toyota Hilux vehicles and another small car stormed Zenith Bank and detonated explosives in the bank after which they started shooting sporadically. “We learnt that among those killed was a serving Councillor who was in one of the banks to transact business when the armed men stormed the premises. “After successfully robbing the banks the armed men carted away money in bags, shooting into the air to scare away the people and headed towards Makurdi via the Makurdi-Otukpo Road.