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Herdsmen have killed 17 villagers, most of them farmers in Nigeria s Benue state. The state is troubled by deadly clashes between herders and farmers. The herdsmen sneaked into the area and killed the villagers including women, children and the elderly. Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed 17 villagers in two separate attacks in central Nigeria s Benue state, officials said Monday, in the latest violence in the restive region. Benue is part of Nigeria s Middle Belt region which has been troubled by deadly clashes between nomadic herders and local farmers over land, grazing and water for years. The conflict is an additional challenge for the nation s security forces who are battling on several fronts - a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency in the northeast, criminal kidnap gangs in the northwest and a separatist militia in the southeast. ....
Tobi Soniyi, George Okoh in Makurdi and Sylvester Idowu in Warri For saying herdsmen were justified to bear arms, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State yesterday came under heavy criticism, with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some senior members of the bar calling on him to withdraw the statement in order not to throw the country into chaos. NBA President Olumide Akpata, Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), and former Chairman of the Governing Council of National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, in separate interviews said the governor crossed the line, when he said herdsmen bore arms to defend themselves from cattle rustlers. ....