A soldier and 24 other residents of Ussa and Takum local government areas of Taraba States are said to have been killed so far in the unending feud between Kuteb farmers and herders in the state.
This is according to the Police Public Relations Officer in Taraba State, Abdullahi Usman.
He said the military officer was ambushed and killed while the other 24 persons are either Kuteb or Fulani extractions.
He insisted that at the moment, the major problem halting the return of peace is the claim by the Fulani herdsmen that their cattle are held hostage by the Kuteb farmers and the denial from the other end.
All attempts to speak to the state chairman of MACBAN proved abortive.
However, the President of the Kuteb Yatgso Association of Nigeria, Emmanuel Ukwen – an umbrella body of the Kuteb-speaking tribe in the country – revealed that peace was brokered between them late last year in which a 14-point resolution was reached and signed.
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