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Benue lawmakers escape ambush by gunmen
Five members of the Benue State House of Assembly have escaped the attack from suspected armed herders who had laid an ambush on them.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Thursday at about 10 pm at Tyomu in Gwer Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the gunmen who took over the Gboko/Makurdi highway shot indiscriminately at motorists who plied the road at that particular hour.
The assembly members were said to be returning from an oversight function in Katsina-Ala LGA before they were attacked.