Not fewer than 51 persons have been feared killed in the latest clash between the herders and farmers in Taraba State, a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Kamai, said on Friday.
The 51 farmers were reportedly killed in 11 villages of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area and suburbs of the state capital, Jalingo.
However, the casualty figure of the herdsmen and the quantity of the properties destroyed on both sides have not been released.
April and May had been months of a bloodbath in Taraba.
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While herdsmen and natives were fighting in northern Taraba, Jukun and Tiv also had a fierce clash in the southern part of the state leaving many dead.
Both crises erupted because of the drive for farming lands and grazing fields.