Nigeria, June 25 -- A Fulani herdsman has issued a grave warning to the Tiv communities in Benue State, threatening violent retaliation if they do not stop allegedly attacking and killing Fulani cattle during grazing.

In a video circulating on social media since Tuesday night, and monitored by The News Chronicle, the man speaking in Hausa claimed that the Fulani people are now more aware of their rights and would no longer tolerate being driven away from Benue State.

According to him, "Benue State does not belong to the Tiv people alone. We are Nigerians too and no one can chase us out. If the Tiv people continue to provoke us, we will retaliate and wipe them out."

He further threatened to occupy Makurdi, the Benue State capital, warni...