Suspected armed herders were reported to have killed a patent medicine seller, identified as Ojoma Emie, in Ikobi, Apa Local Government Area of Benue State.
According to a local source, the suspected killers of the patent medicine seller were reported to have severed his head and taken it away.
The incident, according to a local source, who simply identified himself as Sam, occurred on Monday.
Sam told our correspondent in a telephone interview on Monday that the deceased, who had gone to the local government headquarters, Ugbokpo, was returning to his base at Ikobi when he was attacked.
“What we gathered was that the deceased, who was a patent medicine seller, had gone to Ugbokpo to buy medicine and stock his shop.
“Unfortunately, as he was returning to his community at Ikobi, he was ambushed on a motorcycle at Ugbobi Junction, killed, and the assailants cut off his head and went away with it,” Sam said.
