Efforts by our correspondents to secure comments from the Police authorities in the state went futile as calls directed at relevant persons in the Command did not materialize. However, our sources in Makurdi have said security men were already on ground to contain the uprising as at the time of filing in the report.
Contacted, the Secretary of Cattle Breeders in the State, Garus Gololo confirmed the fightings between the two Nigerian natives.
Similarly, an aide to the governor of the state on Fulani Matters, Shettima Mohammed said it was true that Fulani and Tiv people are fighting in the area at the moment.
"it is true. Fighting is going on in Adeke right now. From the information at my disposal, the Tiv youths yesterday attacked the Fulani men who were grazing their cow," he said.
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