Nigeria Bandits Kill Five, Including Former PDP Candidate, in Fresh Benue Attack

The Digest:

Armed bandits killed five people, including a former PDP House of Assembly candidate, in a pre-dawn attack on Otobi community in Benue State.

Key Points (7 bullets):

• Five people were killed in Otobi, Otukpo LGA, in the early hours of Tuesday.
• Among the dead was Igbabe Ochi, a 2019 PDP House of Assembly candidate for Otukpo-Akpa.
• The attack followed a foiled kidnapping attempt in the same community on Sunday.
• Suspected herdsmen were blamed; they also looted food and valuables.
• Otobi was previously attacked in April and May 2025, leaving 16 dead.
• The community had organized night patrols, but attackers struck after surveillance ended.
• The police are yet to comment; the local lawmaker called for improved security operations.

Each new attack deepens the trauma of communities caught between survival and slaughter. When nights are patrolled and days are mourned, the storm of insecurity reveals a painful truth: without lasting safety, grief becomes a season without end.


Sources: Channels Television, Vanguard