Emerging reports from Taraba state suggests that about 42 people have lost their lives, following an ongoing violent clash between Tivs and Fulanis in Sabon Gidan village of Dan Anacha town.

According to Premium Times, many others have been reported missing in the ongoing violent clash within the state.

Sources from the area said the crisis started on Saturday when two corpses of Fulanis were found killed in a bush. This triggered their kingpins carrying out reprisal attacks on Tivs.


"I counted about 20 corpses who were believed to have been killed early hours of today, Sunday,” a resident f the area told newsmen.


“Many people including women and children are nowhere to be found,” the source added.

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. The Nation reports that the hacking to death of the farmers by suspected Fulani militia in Gassol Local Government Area has spilled to many Tiv villages, in spite of police and military presence in the area.


The meeting by Commissioner of Police Yunas Babas, State President of Tiv Cultural and Social Association (TCSA) Goodman Dahida, President of Fulani’s Miyati-Alla, the Lamdo Gassol and security agencies to broker peace was fruitless Police, soldiers, Dahida and the Senior Special Assistant to Taraba State Governor, Hon. Jerry Tyolanga, confirmed the rise in death toll.


Tiv homes were set ablaze, with smokes still billowing when The Nation visited the troubled area yesterday afternoon.


Six persons were gunned down in Sabon Gari; 16 were slain in other villages. Among them were three women, eye-witnesses said.


Four trucks conveyed bodies, which were killed. The bodies recovered from the “bush villages”. They were being taken to neighbouring Benue state.


There was mass exodus of Tiv from Dan-Anacha –fleeing Taraba to Benue State where a bulk of their ethnic group resides.

The displaced persons looked frustrated, most of them carrying heavy loads, children and domesticated animals but without transportation fares. Some were loudly crying and wailing over the loss of their loved ones.


The renewed attack and killings of Tiv farmers began on Saturday in Dan-Anacha, whose name was recently changed to Kwararafa, as the state was busy at a “Peace Concert” in a stadium in Jalingo –the state capital – organised by Governor Darius Ishaku.


Police spokesman David Mishal, who confirmed the killings, was still being expected to brief the press on the details yesterday.


He described the incident as “undercover attacks where you invade someone’s home and attack him when there is no war going on”.


Governor Darius Ishaku is seen by the Tiv in Taraba as a peace maker. They held a meeting in Jalingo yesterday on the killings, which are raising national concerns.


The Tiv community alleged that yesterday’s killings followed a meeting between the Lamdo Gassol and the Fulani militias. “The meeting started by midnight and lasted till 4:00am when the militias began to invade Tiv homes,” one of the displaced farmers, who is injured, said.


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Smh!

This is sad

quite unfortunate

i wonder why people still resort to killing other people in these present economic conditions. on all the suffering in the land?

Don't we have nairaland members in that state. An incident that took place on Saturday is just been reported. I think there is something wrong somewhere with. This shouldn't happen with all available social media at our disposal. I got the news that same day through a WhatsApp Messenger but was unsure since no newspaper has published it then.

Please, information like this need urgent attention to reduce casualties. CAN should open account on Nairaland since it's the largest forum in Nigeria. Anyone who knows any CAN officials should please let them know. I am not even sure they have a facebook page. I will check it out.

They are the first that should be acquainted with incidents like this unless they exist without vision.

Please, who knows if there is any update on the 14 years old Christian girl abducted by the Emir of Katsina and forcefully given out in marriage after converting her to Muslim against her will. The girls parents were asked to stay out as she is no longer their daughter.

I am still shocked that nothing has been done by anyone for the release of this girl and the prosecution of her abductors. I am ashamed of this country. I am ashamed of Vice president who is supposed to use his office to protect Christian. I am ashamed of CAN. They are the one that should take this matter up as the person involved is our sister.