Agbudu shooting

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Agbudu shooting
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LocationAgbudu, Kogi State, Nigeria
Date29 July 2020
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapons Gun
Deaths14
Injured6
Motive Land rights

The Agbudu shooting was a mass shooting on 29 July 2020 in Agbudu village, Kogi State, Nigeria. [1] The attack left 14 people dead and another 6 injured. Thirteen of the dead were members of the same family. Police said that a long-standing row over land rights is suspected to be the motive behind the attack. [2]

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Shooting

On 29 July 2020, a gang of gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a community in Kogi, Nigeria, killing 14 people, police said. [3] According to state police chief Ede Ayuba, 13 of the victims were members of an Agbudu community family in the Korton-Karfe local government region of Kogi. [4] Six others were injured in the attack and the shooters identities is unknown. The motive for the shooting remains uncertain however, the police have indicated that a long-standing land dispute may have been the motive for the shooting. [3] Security forces were sent to the region and an investigation into the identity of the attackers was launched Ayuba said. The attack comes following a ban on motorcycles initiated by some states in response to their use in recent attacks. [5] [6]

Response

Following the assault, state police chief Ede Ayuba told reporters that "the local government and all the personnel are helping us" and "the Ohimege of Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa-Koto, is also helping us." [7]

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