A woman, said to be a Tiv from Benue State, has been shot dead in a farm settlement at Orin community in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Witnesses claimed that the suspected herdsmen spoke in Fulani language and had threatened to kill whoever might come out to escape. Community sources claimed that the attack which took the life of the woman, was retaliatory after a Fulani man was murdered in Oke Ako, recently allegedly by Tivs. But reports from the community claimed that the alleged Fulani attackers had attacked the farm settlement at night and had shot the woman, said to be eight-months pregnant. The remains of the deceased Mrs Iyape had been deposited at the morgue while those sustain injury were receiving treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 18, 2018 18:12 UTC