No less than 20 persons have been feared dead and many others missing during an ongoing violent clash between Tivs and Fulanis in Sabon Gidan village of Dan Anacha town, Taraba State.

Sources who witnessed the incident informed
that the crisis started on Saturday when two
corpses of Fulanis were found killed in a bush.
The sources added that following the incident the
kingpins of the herdsmen carried out reprisal
attacks on the Tivs.

” I counted about 20 corpses who were
believed to have been killed early hours
of today, Sunday,” a resident f the area
told PREMIUM TIMES .

“Many people including women and
children are nowhere to be found,” the
source added.
Confirming the clash when contacted, the Taraba
police spokesperson, David Misal, said more
operatives have been drafted to the area to
restore peace and order.
He said the police could not yet ascertain the
casualty figure.
More details to be added as the story develops…