Armed herdsmen reportedly killed five persons at Ukoo Abaa village, near Kufai Amadu, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The incident happened barely eight hours after leaders of Tiv and Fulani agreed to work for peace and end the renewed killings that have claimed over 100 lives and displaced thousands in the last two weeks. Paul Yade told our correspondent on phone that five persons were macheted to death at Ukoo Abaa village, near the Taraba/ Benue border. “My uncle’s wife was attacked and robbed of all the money on her, while her daughter, who tried to protest,…

Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday morning invaded Kuchiko Relocation Development Area (KRDA) in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they kidnapped a resident and his son. The gunmen, numbering over twenty, stormed the area, popularly known as El-Rufa’i Estate, at 12 midnight and started shooting sporadically. Having overpowered security guards on night duty, the gunmen, who also wielded knives and machetes, headed to the house of the victim (names withheld) and took him and his son hostage. There was panic among the residents of the estate, who were woken up by the staccato…