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Again, Fulani militia attacked four different villages in Gwer-West local government area in the early hours of Friday and killed five persons in the process.
Three others including a pregnant woman were reportedly injured in the separate attacks on communities in Gwer-West local government area of Benue State.
The latest attack is coming after seven people were reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen at IDP camp at Abegana near Makurdi early hours of Tuesday.
In another attack the same Tuesday, a couple was killed while returning from a farm in the Guma local government area of the state.
It was learned that some of the armed herdsmen were said to have escaped with gunshot wounds after troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) trailed them to the Benue Nasarawa border and engaged them in a gun duel.
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