Suspected herders ambush farmers in Taraba, kill two IDPs

Barely a week aft the governors of Taraba and Benue states met to code the increasing insecurity successful borderline communities, suspected equipped herders person ambushed farmers successful Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State, sidesplitting 2 persons and injuring respective others.

The attack, DAILY POST learnt, occurred connected Monday astatine Tse-Ukwe assemblage successful Donga, a section authorities country located betwixt Takum and Wukari—two areas that precocious hosted the governors during an on-the-spot appraisal of internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps.

Sources successful the country said the victims were displaced farmers who had earlier fled their homes owed to persistent attacks and were presently taking refuge astatine the Tor-Damsa IDP campy successful the section authorities area.

Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, and his Benue State counterpart, Hyacinth Alia, had connected March 2, 2026, convened a stakeholders’ gathering successful Wukari with accepted rulers, authorities officials and assemblage leaders to deliberate connected the information challenges on the Benue–Taraba border.

At the meeting, some governors pledged to fortify collaboration betwixt the 2 states done quality sharing and coordinated enactment for information agencies to way down those liable for the persistent violence.

However, the latest onslaught has heightened fears among residents who accidental insecurity continues to endanger lives and liv...