Herdsmen Kill 3, Raze Houses In Nasarawa

[Shola Sholaz]

Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, yesterday, killed three people and burnt down several houses in some Tiv settlements in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Personal Assistant to the state Commissioner for Community and Rural Development, Mr. Godwin Mbatsav, a Tiv, is among the dead.
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Meanwhile, this bloody clash between Tiv farmers and Fulani herdsmen at Iyordye Akaahena and Akuroko villages in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, weekend, has left over 7,000 persons, most of them women and children, displaced.
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Nine fresh bodies have also been recovered from parts of the affected communities, while scores have been declared missing by their respective families.
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This brings the number of casualties to about 54.
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However, in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the corpse of one of the victims, identified as James Orjime, had been deposited at Sandanji Hospital mortuary in Lafia.

[Folami David]

This is not even funny anymore because people just keep dying for no reason. Are we that violent and heartless in Nigeria? Not fair at all.....