Nigeria, May 24 -- Just weeks after security forces brokered a peace agreement between farmers and herders in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, fresh violence has broken out, leading to deaths, destruction, and rising instability.

According to reliable intelligence sources, despite security agencies holding three separate meetings with local youth and community leaders to promote peace and restraint, some youths in Badanwa broke the agreement by attacking Fulani herders grazing near their farms.

Troops under Operation Lafiyan Jamaa responded to a distress call around 2:50 p.m. on Friday, May 23. On arrival, they found that fleeing Fulani herders had retaliated, killing two locals believed to be from Munga Lelau village...