Overview

• At least 42 people were killed in separate raids on Tyolaha, Tse-Ubiam, Ahume and Aondona villages between Friday and Sunday.
• Ormin Torsar Victor, chairman of Gwer West, accused Fulani herders of carrying out coordinated attacks that left women, children and a Catholic priest wounded.
• Benue state police reported a lower death toll, confirmed one officer died defending his post and said some bodies remain unrecovered.
• The violence reflects a long-standing conflict over land and resources between Muslim nomadic herders and predominantly Christian farmers.
• Governor Hyacinth Alia condemned the killings as a heinous act and authorities are enforcing a 2017 ban on open grazing to curb further clashes.