Three more bodies were recovered on Wednesday as the death toll from the Tuesday deadly attack on Ogbaulu community in Agatu Local Government Area by suspected Fulani herdsmen rose to nine.
DAILY POST recalls that gunmen on Tuesday evening, invaded the Agatu community.
Six bodies were earlier recovered, while many were declared missing and 20 motorcycles confirmed to have been carted away by the attackers.
Confirming the discovery of more corpses through a telephone call, a youth leader from the community, Comrade Adole Jose Ehoda said with the help of the military, three more bodies were recovered.
“With a backup by security agencies, we combed the neighbourhood where the attack took place and we were able to discover three more bodies, including one that was earlier declared missing”, Adole said.
He gave the names of the victims whose bodies have been recovered so far as Haruna Oja, Michael Ondachi, Isah Adakili, John Akwila, Dangai Peter, Face, Awewe, an Igbo trader and one little unidentified boy.