{"id":2353,"date":"2025-10-14T07:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2025-10-14T07:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:51:16","slug":"gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two police officers were wounded on Sunday night after gunmen ambushed their patrol team along the Ogobia\u2013Adoka Road in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.<br \/><br \/>Sources confirmed to Zagazola Makama that the attack occurred around 9 p.m. while the officers, identified as Inspector Amos Okoh and Inspector Joseph Adowebo, were on routine patrol duty.<br \/><br \/>Upon receiving a distress call, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Adoka swiftly deployed a reinforcement team to the scene and evacuated the injured officers to the Teaching Hospital in Otukpo, where they are currently responding to treatment.<br \/><br \/><br \/>The Benue State Police Command has since launched a manhunt for the assailants, assuring that all efforts are being made to track them down and bring them to justice.<br \/><br \/>Residents of the area have been urged to remain calm and assist the police with useful information that could aid in the investigation.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two police officers were wounded on Sunday night after gunmen ambushed their patrol team along the Ogobia\u2013Adoka Road in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. Sources confirmed to Zagazola Makama that the attack occurred around 9 p.m. while the officers, identified as Inspector Amos Okoh and Inspector Joseph Adowebo, were on routine patrol duty. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-14T07:51:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"556\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"312\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6cf442ba7662e68065305f44243fdc65\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-14T07:51:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue - Security Focus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-14T07:51:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg\",\"width\":556,\"height\":312},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/main-light-1024x302-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/main-light-1024x302-1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":302,\"caption\":\"Security Focus\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6cf442ba7662e68065305f44243fdc65\",\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Security Focus\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/securityfocus\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue - Security Focus","description":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue","og_description":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue","og_url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/","og_site_name":"Security Focus","article_published_time":"2025-10-14T07:51:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":556,"height":312,"url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Security Focus","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Security Focus","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/"},"author":{"name":"Security Focus","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6cf442ba7662e68065305f44243fdc65"},"headline":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue","datePublished":"2025-10-14T07:51:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/"},"wordCount":153,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/","name":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue - Security Focus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-14T07:51:16+00:00","description":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gunmen-556x312-1.jpg","width":556,"height":312},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/gunmen-attack-policemen-on-patrol-in-benue\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gunmen attack policemen on patrol in Benue"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/","name":"Security Focus","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization","name":"Security Focus","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/main-light-1024x302-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/main-light-1024x302-1.png","width":1024,"height":302,"caption":"Security Focus"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6cf442ba7662e68065305f44243fdc65","name":"Security Focus","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84bc98e9f1a2689602c53794b7a54c584e31550df925697053d365f4a7159129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Security Focus"},"url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/author\/securityfocus\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2362,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions\/2362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}