38 herders have lost their lives in the Rukubi community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following an air raid by security operatives.
Controversy has begun to trail the killing of the 38 herders.
The herders, multiple sources said, were killed while returning from Makurdi, the Benue State capital, where they went to retrieve over 1,000 cows seized by the Benue Livestock Guards.
It was gathered that after the payment of fines amounting to N29m, some of the livestock was released to the herders by the guards and they were sadly trailed and killed while offloading the cattle shortly after they reached their destination in Nasarawa State.
According to Daily Trust, the killing of the herders on Tuesday night has raised tension in Benue and Nasarawa state.
Rukubi is located in Nasarawa State, which borders Benue State.
Tension was high yesterday in the Hausa-dominated Wadata vicinity of the Makurdi metropolis in Benue State over the killings. The northern elders have condemned the incident which they said was as a result of ethnic profiling.