According to reports, armed herders attacked the Umogidi community in the Entekpa Adoka district of the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State on Wednesday, killing at least 46 people.
The new assault happened the next day after three people were slain on Tuesday when suspected herders broke into the neighborhood.
Three people were slain in an attack on Monday in the Igbobi hamlet in the neighboring Apa Local Government Area of the state.
After the burial of the three people earlier murdered in the Tuesday attack, it was reported that the armed herders returned to the Umogidi hamlet on Wednesday evening.