Suspected armed herders, on Tuesday, renewed their onslaught on Benue State, sending residents packing, with many reported dead.
The latest attack was on Otobi community in the Akpa district of Otukpo Local Government Area, leaving several people feared dead and hundreds displaced.
The lawmaker representing Otukpo-Akpa constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Kennedy Angbo, also confirmed the attack to Punch Newspapers, which he said began around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
It was gathered that this is the third time the community is coming under severe attack in the month of April this year.
A resident of the community disclosed that the assailants stormed the area at about 6 pm, shooting sporadically and setting houses ablaze.
An unspecified number of people are believed to have been killed.