The statement reads in part:

“The attention of the Benue State Police Command has been drawn to a publication on page 8 of the Sun Newspaper, dated Monday, July 11, 2016, tagged "Herdsmen kill 81 in Benue".”

“The Command wishes to state that the reports was a gross misrepresentation of the true facts on ground in the State.”

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Earlier reports had it that the victims were killed by the herdsmen over a period of two weeks.