The spokesman of the Benue State Police Command, DSP Sewuese Anene, who confirmed the attack on Friday, said many residents of the camp were killed.
Anene, who noted that the casualty figure is yet to be determined, stated that response team had already been deployed to the area to calm down the situation.
She added that the state commissioner of police, Wale Abasse, will visit the scene of the attack very early in the morning to clarify what happened.
But Vanguard reported that the herdsmen killed least 43 people in the late-night attack on LGEA Primary School Mgban, in Nyiev Council Ward of Guma LGA of Benue.
A source said that the marauders stormed the Primary School, which houses IDPs, at around 10 p.m. on Good Friday, and attacked the displaced people.
It was gathered that there were infants and pregnant women among the 43 bodies that have so far been removed from the attack scene.
Scores of others have suffered severe injuries, and many people are still missing.
The attack came a few days after protest rocked Benue State over a similar attack in Umogidi village, Enetekpa Adoka district of Otukpo LGA that claimed 52 lives.
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