location: Ikpayongo
notes: Police confirm 6 were killed and several others injured in a renewed hostility between Fulani herdsmen and Tiv youths at Tse Igba Uke near Ikpayongo, a suburb of Makurdi, and the Benue State capital. Also vehicles were damaged, while property worth several millions were also destroyed. In reaction to the violence Tiv youths were said to have mounted a road block along Makurdi/Otukpo highway in search of the suspects. A second group of protesters, youths from Ikpayongo, established a roadblock and killed a passenger in the process.
target_text: location: Ikpayongo, fatalities: 3