The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has confirmed that 20 persons lost their lives and about10,000 others were displaced in the recent communal clash in Dan-Anacha village in Gassol Local
Government area of Taraba State.

Sa’ad Bello, the Agency’s Coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba Operational Offices, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Yola.

Mr. Bello said that the displaced persons,
mostly children and women, were camped in
four camps in the state.
“So far, 20 people were killed and about
10,000 internally displaced in the recent
communal crisis between farmers and
herdsmen in Dan-Anacha village in Gassol
LGA of Taraba State,” Mr. Bello said.
He said that the number of injured persons had
not been ascertained.

Mr. Bello commended the efforts of Taraba
State Emergency Management Agency for
reaching out to the affected areas.
He said that NEMA was contacting security
operatives on the safety situation to enable its
members reach all affected areas with
additional humanitarian assistance.
PREMIUM TIMES reported the violence which
commenced on Saturday through Sunday.
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,
mostly farmers.

” I counted about 20 corpses who were
believed to have been killed early hours of
today, Sunday,” a resident of the area told
PREMIUM TIMES.
“Many people including women and children
are nowhere to be found,” the source added.