No fewer than 15 persons were feared killed in a clash between Fulani herdsmen and Tiv farmers in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State last weekend.
The clash followed the eating of some crops in a farm by some cows.
The cows were said to have been led to graze on the farmland by their shepherds despite reported warnings.
In annoyance, the farmers attacked the cattle rearers.
Sources said the attack led to the missing of some cows and a shepherd.
The herdsmen, a source said, launched a retaliatory attack, Sunday, on eight Tiv villages, including Agbaaye, Ayu, Dooshima, Gboko-Kpaake and Mbakiriki. Fifteen persons were reportedly killed in the clash.
It was gathered that many huts were torched when Gboko-Kpaake settlement was invaded at 3:00am on Sunday.
“We were informed that a large group of Fulani militants were launching an attack on Gboko-Kpaake. On getting to the scene, the settlement was already set ablaze (by the invading Fulanis),” Police spokesman Ibiang Mbasike told The Nation yesterday.
The PPRO said the police were investigating the matter.
Mbasike said: “Seven people were (officially) reported killed following the crisis on Sunday. But the casualty figures rose yesterday, as more bodies were discovered”.
The Special Adviser (SA) to Governor Danbaba Suntai on Security Matters, Group Captain Sule Gani (rtd), has asked for time to reconcile the warring groups.
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