Lafia — Unidentified gunmen early yesterday invaded Gidan Sule, a small village near Kadarko town of Nasarawa State at the boundary with Benue State, where no fewer than five persons were killed in an attack alleged by residents to have been carried out by persons suspected to be Fulani. The villages said the invaders came around 6:00 am with sophisticated weapons and machetes, killing and burning houses.
A large number of residents fled to Kadarko and Yelwata in neighbouring Benue State. A displaced person said three young men and a woman were killed and not less than 10 houses were burnt, but Peter Igbache, a Tiv youth leader said his organization, Tiv Youths Association (TYO) received reports of five persons killed.
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