At least 500 people were killed on Sunday in communal clashes near Nigeria's central city of Jos.
"We have been able to make 95 arrests but at the same time over 500 people have been killed in this heinous act by Fulani herdsmen," Dan Manjang, a state governor's, said.
Witnesses, reporters and local rights activists put the figure at slightly over 200.
Head of the League for Human Rights in Jos said: "By our latest count there are 202 bodies". Another rights activist spoke of 250 people killed.
"So far we understand there are about 200 people dead in the three villages," a resident of Dogo Nahawa said.
He reported no clashes overnight Monday amid tight security after authorities put the area under a red security alert and deployed troop.
The attacks blamed on mainly Muslim nomadic cattle rearers, targeted the local Berom ethnic group, which is predominantly Christian.
An explosion of violence between rival ethic and religious groups in January left 326 dead in Jos, according to police although religious and human rights activists put the overall toll at more than 550.
source: AFP
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