Five people were allegedly killed early hours of Thursday in Gyenku village in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. Our correspondent gathered that the killings were occasioned by the continuing crisis between the Jukuns and Tivs residing at the border communities of the two states.

The Chairman of Ukum LGA, Tor-Tyokaa Ibellogo told newsmen in Makurdi that some gunmen attacked the rural community of Gyenku while the people were setting out for their daily farming activities and opened fire on them, killing the five persons and injuring one. Ibellogo said that the injured person was already hospitalised.

He said no houses were torched in the process, adding however that the joint committee on Tiv/Jukun crisis had planned to visit him next week before the latest incident occurred yesterday.

At the time of sending this report, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Benue Command, DSP Sewuese Anene, said she was yet to receive any information about the incident.

Meanwhile, the Force Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), Major General Adeyemi Yekini, in a reply to a message sent to him by our correspondent, stated, “it’s a blatant lie. Nobody was killed around the area. I deployed troops at Kente to improve security along the axis.”

Yekini added that his troops had not reported any incident of killings or attacks in the axis even as the time of this report.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/jukun-tiv-crisis-5-killed-in-benue-village.html

May God help us.
sometimes I wonder why there are more killing and hatred in Nigeria.
may we never be a victim of such circumstances

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They should continue killing themselves, some of them, upon the herdsmen and other tribal crisis still voted PMB because of 5k. They should use the money they collected during election to mourn and bury their dead.

No sane society with a functional government would misbehave this way.

Employment makes people responsible, it can even make a thug turn a new leaf...

Everyday killings, no value for human lives.

FCT

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READ AND PASS

No fulani to take the blame today? All these barbaric troublesome minority tribes in the north sef, which one is tiv/jukun again?

Normal

Very stupid journalism, now it's ALLEGEDLY because "fulani" does come into their narratives.

I wonder when Nigeria will get better..
This crisis has been happening for months but I haven't heard anything from the relevant authorities.

People of the middle belts should rise up and fight this people. Yes let the war begin!!! Enough of this killings and impudence from the normadic futa djaloon descendants. We know them they can’t stand a real fight

Destroyerofyeeb:
No fulani to take the blame today?

The crisis has been going on for a very long time....

Zoogerian234:
People of the middle belts should rise up and fight this people. Yes let the war begin!!! Enough of this killings and impudence from the normadic futa djaloon descendants. We know them they can’t stand a real fight

Tiv and Jukun peoples came from central and Southern africa...not from Futa Djallon.

Story!

They are trying to absolve Fulani herdsmen from Benue killings

O My God... Why all dis.... Internal and External crisis...

Before was Herdsman Killing now tribal war.


We need to get Sense

Tensions and bitter hatred continue to exist between the Tivs and the Jukuns, I wonder why they don't unit and fight off the fulani herdsmen who are their worst enemies.

Buhari's role model said this

IamPatriotic:
CAN has not reacted, why?

CAN exists to protect Christian interests when they are threatened....this is a tribal matter.

Is it even possible that the gun that was shooting them killed them even after they died?

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The major general is a dunce does not know what he is saying, even my neighbor here her mother was among the victim of those killed yesterday.

Government should do something

CAN, Reno, Fani Kayode and other spokesperson of Christians should come and react as the the news is still hot and fresh, because we won't accept stale reactions... awon olosi eda!

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mysticwarrior:
Tensions and bitter hatred continue to exist between the Tivs and the Jukuns, I wonder why they don't unit and fight off the fulani herdsmen who are their worst enemies.

just karma my dear! This is how it is ,read it n ask no more question
Karma is an automative vengence system
The 2 fought igbos horribly n mercilessly during the biafran war , Now both tribes love Igbos so much ~see adaibeku
Am nt done yet~ the same hate seed/ tactics fulani planted on them to attack igbos during the war that igbos are so evil and want to wipe out nigeria back then in Sept 1966..
Is that same hate seed they planted on jukun to annihilate tiv out of the face of the earth if possible ,
When every1 knows tiv was the owner of the small portion of land ,is their ancestral land ,but nigerian govt divided dem out of Benue ,n place them in taraba

We need emphatic and sincere leaders.
Na only for unarmed IPOB he get mouth

tactius:


Tiv and Jukun peoples came from central and Southern africa...not from Futa Djallon.

The futa Djalo I referred to are no other than the murderous fulanis and their puppets

tactius:


CAN exists to protect Christian interests when they are threatened....this is a tribal matter.

Se ori e pe sa? And the involving parties are no longer human beings...the crises between Berom and Fulani on the Plateau are which matter?