Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Wukari, the Chairman of the Council, Adi Grace, said several barns of yams in the largest yam market in the state was razed down by the fire.
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Daniel Adi, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Council, confirmed the development in a telephone interview with with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo
No fewer than 20 persons have been reportedly killed and scores injured on Sunday, when Fulani herdsmen allegedly invaded Tunari village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State.
It was alleged that the attackers came from Nasarawa State through the plains of River Benue
The police spokesman, ASP Joseph Kwaji, told newsmen in Jalingo that the suspected assailants also burnt more than 20 houses