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Nasarawa governor urged to halt Tiv/Fulani crisis

The Tiv community in Kadarko, Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa state has called on the state governor, Abdullahi Sule to deploy more security personnel to curtail the frequent attacks on their people. Spokesman for the community, Mr Emmanuel Ornguga Uwuan, made this appeal in Lafia, on Monday, He claimed that the recent attacks on his people living in the border areas of Nasarawa and Benue states are carried out by suspected herdsmen. Uwuan also claimed that his people are continuously matcheted in their farms by suspected Fulani herdsmen, adding that quite a number of the Tiv community settling in Kadarko are displaced, due to incessant attacks by the Fulani herders. According to him, one Vincent Tor and Helen Usuwe were attacked on 5th of June, 2020 by Fulani herdsmen but they luc...