location: Arikia
notes: Suspected Fulani gunmen ambushed and killed 25 persons (one report hold death total at more than 39) returning from a peace summit convened by the traditional ruler of Arikya chiefdom. The gunmen, numbering over 50 were said to have struck around 3pm at Soni Arikya where they barricaded the Nasarawa Eggon/Arikya road, killing most of the people who attended the peace summit as they made their way back to Nasarawa Eggon.
target_text: location: Arikia, fatalities: 25