Four people were on Saturday killed and several others injured after armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Dan-Anacha in Gassol local government area of Taraba State.
The gunmen reportedly launched the attack to avenge the death of a Fulani man, who was killed in the area after being robbed of his motorcycle.
According to an eyewitness, Dooior Torkuka, who spoke to journalists, the Fulani herdsmen stormed the town in the night and started attacking Tivs on the suspicion that they might be responsible for the killing of the slain Fulani man in the bush.
However, Torkuka exonerated the Tiv people of any complicity in the killing of the slain Fulani man, saying the persistent killing of Tivs had forced majority of them out of the area, while those remaining abstained from going into the bush and restricted themselves to the town to avoid attacks.
“Since the crisis forced the Tiv people out of the area, their security is no longer guaranteed and the few who have returned are staying in the town. How can the killing of a Fulani man in that interior bush be attributed to the Tivs, who are not even allowed to go or stay in the bush at the moment?” He queried.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joseph Kwaji confirmed the incident.
According to him, armed Fulani men attacked a Tiv man on his farm around Dan-Anacha and killed him.
“They were mobilising to attack the town when police got information and drafted mobile police men to the area. Normalcy had since been restored”, he said.
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