Peter Dada One person was feared killed while many others sustained injuries when some Fulani and Hausa settlers reportedly engaged ...
Peter Dada
One person was feared killed while many others sustained
injuries when some Fulani and Hausa settlers reportedly engaged in a bloody
clash at the Ogbese Community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo
State.
It was also gathered that the clash that started on Tuesday
evening had degenerated into a full-blown crisis by Wednesday morning as many
shops in popular Ogbese market belonging to two northerners were burnt down at
midnight.
The real cause of the fight was yet to be known at the time
of filing this report but it was learnt that palpable tension was permeating
the community.
Reacting, the Ondo state Police Command Public Relations
Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed that eight shops were razed down in
a report she got but refuted the report of the crisis.
She said, “There is no clash between Hausa and Fulani people
in Ogbese, the police got a report that about eight shops were razed by fire at
midnight with accusing fingers being pointed at a particular extraction.”
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