Another four people were killed and four others seriously wounded in the early hours of Saturday when some gunmen invaded three villages in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau.
Two people were killed in Rakung in Riyom, while another two were killed in Gurando near Kura Falls; all the incidents happening simultaneously in the wee hours of Saturday.
The latest incident brings to more than 20, the number of people killed since last Wednesday in Riyom and Barakin Ladi local councils in a fratricidal violence that had pitted the Fulani herdsmen against their Berom hosts.
Saturday killings came on the heels of heightened tension in Riyom on Friday, when more than 2000 women of Berom extraction took to the streets to protest the killing of a woman by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.
The woman was allegedly waylaid and killed on her way to the farm. Her death was said to be a reprisal for Wednesday’s killing of a Fulani man by some suspected Berom youths.
Weekend travellers to and fro Abuja were stranded for many hours as the women blocked the road.
They waved leaves, chanting that soldiers must leave. It took a combined team of mobile policemen and soldiers attached to the Special Task Force to disperse the women, but they resisted all entreaties to leave the road.
Tension had been building up in Riyom and Barakin Ladi since Monday following sporadic attacks on the natives by some suspected Fulani herdsmen.
When contacted, STF Spokesman, Capt. Salisu Mustapha, said he would get back to our correspondent, but at the time of filing this report, he was yet to do so.
However, in a statement signed by Lt. Kingsley Egbo, on behalf of Mustapha, he said tension started building up in the area last Wednesday when some unknown gunmen attacked Sara village in Riyom, killing a 75-year old woman.
Similarly the following day, a family of eight was murdered by some gunmen in a remote village near Makera, while two other people were killed at Jol, all in Riyom.
Then on Thursday, a skirmish erupted between the Hausa and the indigenes when members of the Izala sect decided to rebuild the failed portion of a praying ground contrary to security advice.
The repaired portion was later demolished by some Berom youths which led to a brawl between them. In the process, a man was beaten to a state of coma.
Source: THE PUNCH News
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