The crisis began around 5 pm on Friday when herdsmen led their cattle into the community to graze. The guards, acting on a tip-off, confronted the herdsmen and impounded the cattle. According to an eyewitness: “But the herders went and mobilised their brothers and friends, armed with guns and knives, they came back for the BSLG personnel who were moving the impounded cattle to a designated government confinement centre pending the arrival of their owners.
” The eyewitness also stated that the police were deployed to the scene but were also resisted by the armed herdsmen and their accomplices, who successfully took back the impounded cattle. Chief Joseph Har, the Special Adviser to the Benue State Governor on Internal Security, confirmed the incident. Har reported that a raid was subsequently conducted on Saturday morning, resulting in the arrest of several suspects.