Nigeria: More Than 40 Killed in Attacks in Nigeria's Benue State

More than 40 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a local government official said, the latest raids in a region where herders and farmers often clash over land access. The attacks occurred in three villages between Friday and Sunday, chairman of the Gwer West local government area of Benue state, Ormin Torsar Victor, told news agencies. At least 42 people were shot dead by suspected herders in a series of weekend attacks across Gwer West district in Nigeria's central Benue state, a local official said Reuters on Tuesday. Decimated villages"No less than 20 people were killed at Aondana village on Sunday," orsar Victor told AFP over the phone, adding that more than 10 others died in another village. Benue State Police spokesperson Anene Sewuese Catherine confirmed two attacks in the area.