According to reports, no less than 23 people were killed in multiple weekend attacks against several communities in four areas of the local government (LGA) of the state of Benue.
The attacks, which occurred between Friday and Saturday morning, affected the logo, Kwande, Ukum and Guma Lga, our correspondent met.
A source told our correspondent that eight farmers were bruised in the early hours of Saturday in Jootar, Ukum LGA.
It met that the farmers, who had spent the night in Jootar, headed to the farm at dawn on Saturday when they were attacked and massacred.
It was learned that the place where farmers were killed is a border community between the states of Taraba and Benue, and has been involved in a long tribal crisis between the TIV and Jukun people.
A source from Jootar said: “We cannot say who was responsible for the murder of the eight farmers this morning, whether they were armed shepherds or Jukun peoples.”
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It met reliably that some communities in Ayilamo, LGA Logo, were also attacked by alleged armed shepherds, and according to the reports, nine people were killed.
In addition, it was said that three people were killed in Kwande Lga, and three others in Guma Lga, supposedly for alleged armed shepherds, which takes the total number of victims to 23 in the four LGA.
The information commissioner, Mathew Abo, who confirmed only the murders in Jootar, Ukum LGA, said the farmers were machines in the early hours of Saturday while they went to their farms.
Abo said: “The report I received is that eight farmers were killed in Jootar early this morning (Saturday) while they went to their farms. We cannot say with certainty who was responsible for the murders, since the area is a border community between the TIV and Juvero people, and there has been a crisis between the two ethnic groups.”
At the time of presenting this report, the commissioner could not confirm the murders in Guma, Logo and Kwande LGA.
The efforts to obtain the confirmation of the State Command spokesman, Catherine Anene, were not successful, since the calls to their phone were unanswered.
Nor did he respond to text messages sent to his phone at the time of this report.
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