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At least six persons including a pastor were reportedly shot dead after violence broke out among Tiv groups in Chanchanji village, a suburb of Takum local government area of Taraba State on Tuesday.


It was gathered  that the violence broke out among Tiv groups barely weeks after Jukun and Tiv had agreed to sheathe their swords. However, the fresh clash is said to be an intra-ethnic fight; between two Tiv groups.


Our reporter is yet to ascertain the cause of the crisis. The incident which reportedly happened in the early hours of Tuesday also led to the destruction of properties worth millions of nairas.
The National President of the Jukun Development Association of Nigeria, Mr. Bako Benjamin who confirmed the incident via JDAN Facebook page on Tuesday, said the Jukun people are watching in horror.


When our reporter called to hear his comment, Bako Benjamin promised to call our reporter back but never did.


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The LG Chairman of Takum LG, Hon. Shinam Tikari has confirmed the incident to our reporter via telephone but added that the crisis was close to Chachanji but happened at Benue site noting that Chachanji is a border town between Tarana & Benue


As at the time of filing this report, efforts to get a comment from the Taraba state police command proved abortive, as a spokesman of the command was not reachable.