12 killed in Fulani attacks on Benue community

No fewer than 12 persons have died in renewed hostilities between Fulani herdsmen and Tiv farmers in three villages in Mbadwem district of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
Expdonaloaded blog gathered that trouble started last Thursday after some suspected armed robbers waylaid some Fulanis in Guma and killed two herders after robbing them of their valuables.

Following the development, some Fulanis from Nasarawa State, apparently on a reprisal mission had invaded the Guma last Saturday killing 10 persons while wounding several others.
Consequently, villagers in the affected communities namely; Tse Uosu, Gbudu and branch Umenger have deserted their homes and are now taking refuge in North Bank area of Makurdi..post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com
This is even as some Fulani herders who were relocating from Guma on the heels of the reprisal attack were yesterday prevented from entering Adeke Community in Makurdi.
The Fulanis were said to have moved thousands of the cattle on Saturday night through Sunday into Adeke while members of the community were asleep.
But as soon as the youths of the area discovered the movement on Sunday morning, they were said to have laid siege on the road and prevented all the Fulanis whose identity they did not know from entering the area.
Some of the youths who spoke on the condition of anonymity insisted that the Fulanis who moved into Adeke Saturday night were those who caused trouble in Guma and wondered why they would come and disturbed the peace of Adeke community.