ASSESSMENT OF TIV-JUKUN CRISIS IN TARABA STATE
A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF TIV-JUKUN CRISIS IN TARABA STATE FACTSHEET TIV-JUKUN CRISIS Date: 1959-date Location: Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State and bordering Kente in Benue state Contending Issues: Land, Party politics, fear of domination, and indigene/settler dichotomy Results: Mass killings, torturing and destruction properties The Actors: The Jukuns and the Tivs The stakeholders: Government of Taraba and Benue state Casualties and Losses: More than 10,000 people have been killed, 15,000 people displaced, properties worth millions of naira has been also destroyed. Abstract Nigeria is one the countries in Africa that is made of different ethnic groups with about 250 ethnic groups. These ethnic groups that were coerced and amalgamated to form Nigeria in 1914 by the British imperialists have found it difficult to see themselves as one people. Since then, there have been tons of ethnic clashes between one ethnic group to another. However, the ...