Armed men suspected to be Fulani Herdsmen have reported raped about four Tiv women in Ananum area of Taraba State.
The President of Tiv cultural and social association, Hon. James Nungwa, while interacting with newsmen on Sunday said the Fulani militia were on rampage, killing and murdering Tiv people in the area.
Nungwa revealed that on September 16, the militia butchered one Mrs Tersoo S. Orhiga, Aondoakula Bute and Miss Salome S. Orhiga.
He also stated that the militia had killed more than 10 people in different locations across the state from August 2 till date.
Nungwa said the herdsmen had further destroyed over 300 hectares of farmland and burnt down over 100 reconstructed houses of the returnees in Donga Local Government Area of the state.
“The same scenario played out again in Ibi LGA of the state on Monday, the 14th September, where 10 Tiv farmers were butchered in their farms by suspected Fulani militia. A traditional ruler, Zaki Joseph Manger-Sarkin Doya, was also killed,” he said.
Nungwa identified the other eight persons killed alongside the traditional ruler by the herdsmen as, Joseph Agangi, Evag. Atsaba Kweghe, Sonter Sontyo, Anter Agangi, Vincent Targba Uer, Shima Chivga, Shima Mtswe, Terwase Gbaami and Boniace Nyamgba in Dooshima and Sarkin Kudu towns.
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