At least, 20 persons have been killed in a renewed clash that erupted between some Tiv farmers and nomadic Fulani herdsmen at Nzorov ward, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state on Friday.
The herdsmen, DailyPost learnt sacked the entire residents of Nzorov ward in Iyordye Akaahena as hundreds of houses were equally razed.
Among the houses burnt were those belonging to the former Benue State Head of Service, Mr. Mike Iyordye.
Eyewitness said some armed Fulani herdsmen who were dressed in military camouflage, invaded the Tiv village in the afternoon in a convoy of some vehicles from the neighbouring Nasarawa State.
“They stormed the village when most of our young men were in the farms; they leveraged on that to burn down the entire village after killing over 20 persons, though we are yet to know the actual number of those killed because fight is still going on at the moment. People are already fleeing from their villages in search of safe haven in other neighbouring villages,” the sources said.
The Guma Local Government council Chairman, Mr. Frank Adii who confirmed the incident disclosed that fight was still intense in the village as at the time this report was filed.
He said, “From what I have gathered so far, the casualty figure is high with many injured, but I am yet to confirm the number of casualties. I have already alerted security agencies on the development,” Adii said.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Deputy Superintendent, Daniel Ezeala confirmed the incident, but added that they were yet to be informed of deaths arising from the crisis. “Security personnel have already been drafted to the crisis area, but we have not received any information on the number of deaths”, he said.
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