According to AIN's Facebook page, the attack took place around the evening of June 13 and early morning of June 14 (local time) in Yelewata, a community in the Guma state.
Dozens of people are still missing, and hundreds others are injured in a state of inadequate medical care.
AIN said many families were locked up and burned to death in their bedrooms and there were also many burned bodies that could not be identified. Videos and photos circulating on social media also showed those scenes.
Benue police spokesman Udeme Edet confirmed that an attack had occurred in Yelewata, but did not specify the number of casualties.
While it is still unclear who was responsible for the fire, such attacks are widespread in northern Nigeria, where local livestock farmers and farmers often clash due to limited access to land and water.
Farmers have accused livestock farmers, mostly Fulani, of raising livestock on their farms and destroying crops.
Meanwhile, those who raise livestock affirmed that those lands were grazing routes that were recognized by law in 1965, 5 years after the country gained independence.
Benue state governor Hyacinth Alia has sent a delegation to Yelewata to support the victims' relatives.
