It was not immediately clear what motivated the attack, but witnesses said gunmen arrived and opened fire, killing several people.
In the same state, a separate incident occurred on Wednesday in the remote Umogidi village of Otukpo local government area, when suspected herdsmen killed villagers at a funeral, Otukpo chairman Bako Eje told Reuters.
Paul Hemba, security adviser to the Benue state governor, said 46 bodies had been recovered following Wednesday’s attack.
President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement on Saturday “condemned the recent killings in Benue State that killed tens of thousands of people from the Umogidi community” and directed security forces to step up surveillance in the affected areas.