Communal clash: Tiv farmers demand release of 394 corpses

By Attah Ede 

Tiv farmers group under the umbrella of Association of United Farmers of Benue Valley, AUFBV, have appealed to relevant authorities for the release of 394 corpses of Tiv farmers allegedly killed during a communal clash between Alago community and Tiv farmers in neighbouring Keana Local Government Area, LGA of Nasarawa State.

President of the  group, Denen Utsa, made the demand when he led a delegation of AUFBV members to the home of Ter Tyoshin, HRH Daniel Abomtse in Naka, Gwer West LGA of Benue state.

He said the slain victims were killed by the assailants between June 2024 and January 2025.

According to the President, the group received information from security agencies on June 26, 2024, alerting them of “a communal clash, and Tiv farmers, mostly Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, were allegedly attacked in their homes by Alago militia armed with various weapons. 

He said several persons were killed, others injured, and many remained unaccounted for.

The farmers urged Ter Tyoshin to add his voice to the call “for the release of 394 corpses of Tiv farmers killed by the militia in the attacks in Keana LGA of Nasarawa State between June 2024 and January 2025.”

Responding, Abomtse frown at  the plight of Tiv farmers in Nasarawa state and urged for the release of the corpses of those who lost their lives in the crisis