Thirteen members of the same family were on Wednesday killed by suspected bandits in an early morning attack in Agudu, a community in Bassa, Kogi/koton-karfe LGA of Kogi State.
Kogi Commissioner of Police Ede Ayuba confirmed this to reporters on Wednesday.
He added another person was also killed while six persons who sustained varying degree of injuries were evacuated to medical facilities.
The CP, who said that on receiving the distress call, he immediately moved to the scene, however said the bandits had left the scene before their arrival.
He said normalcy has however been restored to the area.
The CP noted that the attack could have been triggered by an alleged long communal dispute.
He described the attack as unfornate “for a man to lose his life and 12 other members of his immediate family leaving a son as survivor calls for concerns.”
He also said killers of Innocent Ofodile, owner of popular Chucks Supermarket in Lokoja, who was killed along the Lokoja-Abuja highway have been arrested.
He said one Vincent Omogor was arrested after the incident whose confessions led to the arrest of other cohorts.
The Nation
