Tension has enveloped Yelwata community in Benue State after gunmen reportedly struck in the early hours of Monday, leaving residents shaken.
Eyewitnesses said the renewed attack triggered protests by local women, who marched through the streets demanding that soldiers stationed in the area be withdrawn to their barracks.
The aggrieved residents also called for immediate transportation to Makurdi, insisting they no longer feel safe in the community.
“They should take us to Makurdi because the government cannot protect us,” one protester declared.
This incident comes barely two months after suspected herders stormed Yelwata on 13 June, killing an estimated 200 people, including internally displaced persons, and burning many alive during a night of brutal violence.