A violent clash between farmers and cattle rearers in Ussa and Takum Council areas of Taraba has left at least 15 people dead while several others sustained various degrees of injuries.
Alhaji Sahabi Mahmoud, the state Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Taraba and David Misal (ASP), the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state Police Command confirmed the incident.
However, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while Sahabi said at least 15 of his members have been killed and buried in Takum on Friday, Misal said that the police could only confirm five deaths as at the time of filing this report.
Sahabi, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jalingo yesterday, also expressed fear that more corpses of his members might be in the bush as more than 150 of them were still missing.
He claimed that hundreds of livestock belonging to the herdsmen were wandering in bush as their owners could not be traced.
He called on the security agencies and the state government to come to the aid of hundreds of other cattle breeders, who he said were trapped in the forests of Ussa and Takum to get out alive with their animals.
The PPRO told NAN in Jalingo the Commissioner of PoliceYakubuBabas has relocated to Takum to ensure that the crisis was brought under control. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Nigerian eye, farmers and herdsmen clashes which 15 people were killed !!!!, is it how the headline supposed to be? ???. Instead of putting Herdsmen were attacked in Ussa forest. But because they are Fulani's is a clashed, very bias people
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