Herdsmen sack two villages, kill 10 Tiv farmers

At least 10 Tiv farmers were reportedly killed on Sunday, April 2, by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Kwande Local Government of

Multiple reports say the herdsmen raided the Div and Alaba villages on Sunday evening, sacking the entire kindred. They were said to have taken over their farmlands and houses.

Some of the villagers are still unaccounted for, it was learnt.

The latest attack makes it the third in one month in the Kwande council.

A 15-year-old boy, Teghtegh Nor, was injured in Ikyoawen. He, however, managed to escape with the help of his father, who took him to the hospital, the Nation reports.

A community leader, Chief Adom Unande, said the herdsmen took over houses in the villages and stole foodstuff.

He said the teenager and his father went back to their compound to get foodstuff to feed others who are displaced when he was shot.

Unande said: "On getting there, they saw herdsmen with pickup van stealing their yams, millet and beans. The herdsman on guard opened fire on sighting Teghtegh before they drove away with the foodstuff.

"His father took him to the clinic where he is being treated."

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Confirming the attack, Police spokesman in the state, Moses Yamu, said only two people were killed and their bodies had been deposited at NKST hospital mortuary.

According to him, mobile policemen have been deployed in the area and investigation is ongoing.