Premium Times is reporting that at least 10 people have been killed and several houses burnt in a fresh violence that erupted on Tuesday, January 31, in Taraba state.
According to the police six people died
in the clashes between the Fulani and Mummuye ethnic groups in Lau local
government area of the state.
Locals say Tuesday’s violence
started around 2 a.m. when a village, named Bonja, and Mayo-Kunga
belonging to Fulani ethnic group, was attacked by suspected Mummuye
youth.
The attack on the Mayo-Kunga village led to reprisals attacks on neighbouring communities.
David Misal, the police Public
Relations Officer (PRO) for Taraba state, said only six people were
killed and 80 houses were torched in the conflict.
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He said: “Since the Friday attack between the Fulani herdsmen and Mummuye farmers in Lushi, there have been reprisal attacks.
‘’ For now six persons were confirmed killed on both sides while several others have been arrested.”
The latest killings and destruction of properties, including farmlands and domestic animals,
is coming barely a week after the state governor, Darius Ishaku, was
quoted in the media as urging Christians across the country to rise up
and defend themselves against terrorists before they are annihilated.
The
governor made the call in Jalingo during a thanksgiving service
organised by the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) to celebrate
new year and to pray for victims of Southern Kaduna massacre and other
victims of terrorism across the country said.