The local government chairman, Musa Mohammed confirmed the incident.
However, he said 19 people died in the midnight invasion.
He added that the palace of the third class chief, Yusuf Idris was burnt down alongside several other houses in the area.
Sources from the community believed the invasion to be a reprisal attack by herdsmen whose kinsmen were killed along Lokoja – Abuja federal highway recently by security agencies.
Vigilantes from Tawari community were said to have killed the herdsmen whom they alleged were kidnappers; "this must have angered the militia to attack the community," The source informed Vanguard.
The source also added that one of the herdsmen was killed and his body mutilated by suspected ritualists around the community last year, which the herdsmen pointed accusing fingers at the Tawari community, and threatened reprisal.
Source: Vanguard
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