NIGERIA (Adamawa)-At least, 18 people were killed in Adamawa and Benue States by suspected Boko Haram insurgents and Fulani herdsmen respectively.

It was gathered that Fulani mercenaries numbering about 200 invaded the Angyom, Tse-Usenda and Tse-Tokula which is the home town of the paramount ruler of Tiv nation, Tor Tiv Dr. Alfred Akawe Torkula.

Sources revealed that the herdsmen perpetuated the act at the early hours of Tuesday when everyone was still sleeping, adding that the sporadic gunshots woke everybody up and brought pandemonium into the area while many houses were raised by the hoodlums with over 40 people still missing.

The attack was confirmed by the Guma Local Government Council Chairman, Mr. Frank Adi during a chat with newsmen.

He expressed his grief over the renewed invasion which, according to him, has made the people of the community to be living as refugees in their own state.

Also, Boko Haram reportedly killed 11 people in Adamawa State. The attacks were carried out in Galga, Gabun in Gaanda District in Gombi Local Government Area of the state.

Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, confirmed the attack but gave no details of the incident, saying it could be obtained from the military.

A prominent citizen of Gaanda District who described the attack as pathetic disclosed that Gaanda District had been suffering from incessant attacks by the insurgents and had similarly lodged complaints to the security agencies of the need to beef up security in the area but without any prompt response to the series of letters to that effect.

According to him, the district is located in a mountainous terrain but the insurgents have several times trooped into the Gaanda District and attacking innocent persons in the area, and sometimes demand for money and that in the absence of that the residents were being killed