Three kinsmen of Benue State Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, have been killed by gunmen presumed to be Fulani ranchers

. DAILY POST collected that the three, 2 males and a female, were eliminated Saturday at about 5 pm when the shooters laid an ambush and blocked the Lordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of the state.

The victims were riding on a bike when they were assailed and shot dead by the killer herdsmen who have taken control of parts of the city government surrounding Nasarawa State.

Security firms, who recovered the bodies, said those who were shot died on the spot from gunshot wounds while the other was completely macheted to death.

Soldiers attached to Operation Whirl Stroke recovered the bodies and deposited the remains at Gbajimba general hospital.

A declaration by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ortom, Mr Nat Ikyur, Saturday night, stated, “this has actually been the plight of Benue indigenes in the hands of Fulani ranchers who have invaded the state in a bid to take over our ancestral lands”.