Senator Bwacha, Tiv leaders in counter claims over killings in Taraba communal clash
The Deputy Senate minority leader and senator representing Taraba south at the national assembly Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha claimed that 18 of his tribal people were killed on Saturday and Sunday in their villages by Tiv militia groups.
“It is sad that a land dispute that could ordinarily be resolved by local village heads of the two tribes was hijacked by hoodlums leading to the massacre of over 31 Tiv persons and destruction of valuable properties worth millions of naira” The press statement also accused Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha of not making any condemnation since the clash between the two tribes who are directly under his political control.
In a swift reaction, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha wondered what the Tiv people want him to say over the killings on Ichen people which has been organized by the Tiv
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