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Herdsmen kill 200 Tiv farmers, destroy 8,570 houses

No fewer than 200 farmers and 8,570 houses destroyed by herdsmen in Nasarawa State.

The President of the Tiv Development Association, Nasarawa State, Mr. Boniface Ifer, made this known during a town hall meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo during his recent visit to the state to assess the crisis.

According to him, “The killings are still ongoing in Tiv communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen. So far, we have lost over 200 farmers and over8,570 houses torched in the crises”

He called on the Federal Government to provide adequate security so as to enable the displaced persons to return to their homes and continue their farming business now that the rainy season had started.

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