source: Sun (Nigeria); New Telegraph; Guardian (Nigeria); CKN Nigeria; Premium Times (Nigeria); Daily Champion; Desert Herald; Daily Independent (Nigeria); Blueprint; Sahara Reporters; Daily Post (Nigeria); Nigeria Herald; Daily Leadership (Nigeria); Daily Trust (Nigeria); Nigerian Observer
actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Benue Communal Militia (Nigeria)
location: Gboko
notes: On 8 September 2020, Nigerian troops clashed with a Benue communal militia in Gboko (Gboko LGA, Benue), killing the communal leader and arresting forty militiamen. Recovered weapons were also reported. Some sources report that the leader was intecepted by troops after he had agreed to lay down his arms and accept the amnesty program and did not have any weapons with him.