Again! Fulani Herdsmen Kill 11 in Taraba State

No fewer than 13 people were reportedly killed on Monday and
Thursday by Fulani herdsmen in several communities in Bali and
Donga local government areas of Taraba state.

This is coming barely 10 days after 44 people were killed and
hundreds of others displaced by Fulani herdsmen in several
communities in Gashaka and Bali local government areas of the state.
Confirming the incident to newsmen in Jalingo, Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Joseph Kwaji, said two Tiv farmers were
attacked and killed while sleeping by suspected Fulani herdsmen at
Bornon Kurku village in Bali local government.

On the killings in Donga local government area, Kwaji stated that two
Fulanis, who were suspected robbers, were killed around Igo village,
prompting other Fulanis to mobilise and attack the village, burning
houses in the process but he claimed that no life was lost in the
incident.

He however revealed that the command has deployed officers and
men to the area to return normalcy, saying investigations are on to
bring the perpetrators of the attack to book.

Meanwhile, the Central leader of Tivs in Taraba, Chief Zaki David Gbaa
in a phone interview with Journalists in Jalingo disclosed that two
people were killed in Bornon Kurku around Kungana area while four
others were killed at Anchogo and Tortondo villages, all in Bali local
government area.

Chief Gbaa equally disclosed that seven people were killed by the
herdsmen on Thursday when they launched an attack on Igo village in
Donga local government.

He further disclosed that the attackers burnt eight houses and
wounded over nine people who are currently receiving treatment at
Santa Maria and General hospital all in Bali town.

He gave the name of those killed in the attack particularly at Bornon
Kurku, Aungwan Gobiri and Tortondo villages to include; Myimanga
Agbayongo, Memga Temaga, Tyokpega Kaior, Bem Nomsule and
Iorkegh Gbatoon among others.