{"id":5148,"date":"2026-03-10T06:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=5148"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:52:33","slug":"gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gead of kindred, Mbajiir in Tongov, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, Chief Sughter Agamber, has been abducted and killed by suspected gunmen, sparking renewed concerns over insecurity in the area.<br \/><br \/>Chief Agamber was reportedly kidnapped on Friday at Kam Village in Tongov by unidentified armed men.<br \/><br \/>According to reports, traditional and local authorities, including the Tor Sankera, the Ter Katsina-Ala, as well as the chairmen of Katsina-Ala and Ukum local government councils, made frantic efforts to secure his freedom after the incident was reported.<br \/><br \/>However, the traditional ruler was later found dead.<br \/><br \/>His lifeless body was discovered in a nearby bush on Saturday morning, indicating that the abductors had murdered him shortly after the abduction.<br \/><br \/>The killing has heightened fears among residents of Kam community, with many reportedly fleeing their homes over concerns of further attacks, leaving the area largely deserted.<br \/><br \/>Observers say the murder of the kindred head signals a worrying escalation in the security challenges confronting communities in the Sankera axis, particularly in Katsina-Ala.<br \/><br \/>The incident has also raised alarm over attacks on traditional institutions, with reports suggesting that criminal groups are increasingly targeting community leaders in addition to ordinary residents.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gead of kindred, Mbajiir in Tongov, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, Chief Sughter Agamber, has been abducted and killed by suspected gunmen, sparking renewed concerns over insecurity in the area. Chief Agamber was reportedly kidnapped on Friday at Kam Village in Tongov by unidentified armed men. According to reports, traditional and local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5148","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 v25.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala\" \/>\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\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T06:52:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"472\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"258\" \/>\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\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/921a21c9775cf7069adf02b0e3fbaf14\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T06:52:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/\",\"name\":\"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala - Security Focus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T06:52:33+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg\",\"width\":472,\"height\":258},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala\"}]},{\"@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\/921a21c9775cf7069adf02b0e3fbaf14\",\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"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 abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala - Security Focus","description":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala","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\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala","og_description":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala","og_url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/","og_site_name":"Security Focus","article_published_time":"2026-03-10T06:52:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":472,"height":258,"url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-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\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/"},"author":{"name":"Security Focus","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/921a21c9775cf7069adf02b0e3fbaf14"},"headline":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala","datePublished":"2026-03-10T06:52:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/","name":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala - Security Focus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-10T06:52:33+00:00","description":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gunmen-1.jpg","width":472,"height":258},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/gunmen-abduct-kill-benue-traditional-ruler-in-katsina-ala\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gunmen abduct, kill Benue traditional ruler in Katsina-Ala"}]},{"@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\/921a21c9775cf7069adf02b0e3fbaf14","name":"Security Focus","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","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\/5148","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=5148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5159,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148\/revisions\/5159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}