There was confusion in Katsina Ala town yesterday following attacked by alleged soldiers from 72 Special Forces Battalion Makurdi, Benue state.
On Monday night, some people dressed in Army Uniforms armed with AK 47 stormed Tse-Agirigi settlement on Katsina Ala-Takum federal road and set many houses ablaze.
The ‘soldiers’ also destroyed properties like cars, motorcycles and household materials.
The victims, mostly peasant farmers, ran away.
Report said an army captain was killed on the federal highway by suspected armed robbers, who mounted road block on Sunday. The soldiers, it was said, carried out a reprisal attacked to fish out the hoodlums.
However, Governor Samuel Ortom denied that it was soldiers who carried out the attacked on state Radio.
The Governor said he has despatched his security adviser Col. Edwin Jando to assess the situation and report back to him.
The victims are however claiming that those who attacked and set their houses ablaze are Nigerian Army personnel.
Benue State Police Command Spokesman, Moses Yamu, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP) told The Nation that report they had from Katsina Ala is that those who attacked the community are hoodlums in military uniforms.
“The report we had is they are hoodlums in military uniform but we have launched investigation into the matter and until investigation proof otherwise,” said DSP Yamu.