No fewer than 84 persons were killed over the weekend in renewed
communal clashes in Taraba State. Many houses have been torched and the
occupants have been forced to flee.
The Nation reports that the crisis is between Kuteb/Fulani and Tiv ethnic groups of Takum -the home of former Minister ofDefence Gen. Theophilus Danjuma and Governor-elect Darius Dickson Ishaku.
Police spokesman Joseph Kwaji, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said nine bodies were recovered in the attack on Takum township. The casualty figure rose drastically by evening. Kwaji said Sunday’s clash in Takum was between Kuteb and Tiv.
The Nation reports that the crisis is between Kuteb/Fulani and Tiv ethnic groups of Takum -the home of former Minister ofDefence Gen. Theophilus Danjuma and Governor-elect Darius Dickson Ishaku.
Police spokesman Joseph Kwaji, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said nine bodies were recovered in the attack on Takum township. The casualty figure rose drastically by evening. Kwaji said Sunday’s clash in Takum was between Kuteb and Tiv.
