BEVERLY HILLS, December 18, (THEWILL) – At least 20 farmers have been reportedly killed, and many others missing, in an ongoing violent clash between Tivs and Fulanis in Sabon Gidan village of Dan Anacha town, Taraba State.
Sources from the area said the crisis started on Saturday when two corpses of Fulanis were found dead in a bush which triggered reprisal attacks on Tivs which continued into the early hours of Sunday.
When contacted, the Taraba Police Spokesperson, David Misal, confirmed the clash, saying more operatives have been drafted to the area to restore peace and order.
He said the police could not yet ascertain the casualty figure revealing that the police would soon conduct a thorough search for the perpetrators of the wicked act through intelligence gathering.
“Actually, I cannot lie to you there are casualties, but we will release the figures later after we might have finish combing the area,” Misal said.
“It was an undercover attack by some unidentified people in the area.”
Also, Dooior Torkula, Acting Chairman of concerned Taraba Tiv Youth Frontier, alleged that the attackers broke into most of the victims’ houses while they slept and murdered them.
He however added that calm had returned to the area following the arrival of armed mobile policemen.
Story by Oputah David
