Five members of the Benue State House of Assembly have escaped an ambush by suspected armed herders.
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 on 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.
Chairman House Committee on Information and Orientation, Elias Audu confirmed the incidence adding that the members were returning from a public hearing on a bill for a law to provide for the establishment of Benue State Civil Protection Guards and purposes connected therewith.
He said the suspected herders numbering more than forty on motorcycles, ambushed them at Tyomu and shot severally at the vehicles conveying the members.
Audu expressed the concern of the Speaker, Aondona Dajoh over the constant attacks on innocent people of the state and the latest attack on members of the assembly on a day of public hearing on a security bill.
The house however called on security agents to immediately arrest the attackers and bring them to justice.
The affected members attacked include the Majority Leader, Saater Tiseer, Chief Whip, Ipusu Bemdoo, Samuel Jiji of Logo State Constituency, Simon Gabo of Mata State Constituency, and Cephas Dyaku.
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
