Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
Tension has heightened in Kadarko and other Tiv border communities in Benue State following the massacre of over 200 locals including internally displaced persons by criminal Fulani herdsmen.
The dastardly incident took place in Yeluwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, a border town with Nasarrawa State, over the weekend.
Tiv residents in Kadarko and other communities in Nasarawa State bordering Yelwata have deserted their homes for fear of escalation of attack.
Reports say, some Tiv farmers said that the sound of guns on the night of the attack on Yelwata was like a war sound that set most neighbouring communities to flee their homes.
The source said: “I and my children slept in the bush because when the gunshot became terrifying and the news that our brothers in Yelwata had been slaughtered, we had no option but to take to our heels.
“Our people are under attack, and we don’t know why the Fulanis have resolved to this unending killing of even children and women?
“Is it that the government can no longer provide security for us any more, or the government has joined force with the Fulanis herdsmen to eliminate we farmers,” he queried.
“We are not safe in Nasarawa State because we are being constantly attacked by Fulani herdsmen unprovoked.”
