Benue news
One killed, many injured as fresh crisis rocks Benue community
One person was Sunday morning feared killed while several others were seriously wounded with houses razed down in a fresh clash that erupted between two families of Mbapen clan in Taraku town of Gwer East Local Government Area in Benue State.
It was gathered that the victim identified as Tseaa Wanpera, was a director in the services of the state government in the ministry of arts and culture.
It was also learned that the whereabouts of one person remains unknown following the deadly clash, which constitutes an age-long crisis reignited as a result of land dispute between two households (Aku and Mon) that are great grandchildren of Mbaakemcha, in Mbapen Clan.
Our correspondent reports that Mbaakemcha is one of the Tiv communities inhabiting Taraku, a bustling rural town of about 15-minutes’ drive to Otukpo, headquarters of Idoma kingdom.