HAUSAS AND YORUBAS CLASH IN ILE-IFE AS LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST AND PROPERTIES DESTROYED.
Crisis reportedly broke out and is
believed to be ongoing at Sabo market in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, between
Hausas and Yorubas in the Area.
The Chaos which has left not more than
10 persons dead, others injured and properties destroyed, allegedly started
when a bus driver accidentally brushed a Hausa woman with his bus last night at
Sabo.
According to reports, it was only
the mirror of the bus that made contact with the Hausa woman. However, the
Hausa men at Sabo market became furious and hacked the driver with cutlasses.
The dawn of the morning saw that
things escalated as the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) boys
allegedly retaliated and right about now, about 10 people are feared dead and
others injured in the ongoing fight.
Residents of the area who have
deserted their homes at Sabo and Lagere in Ile-Ife, Osun State Nigeria confirmed
to reporters that they were forced to flee because they heard gunshots and that
houses as well as shops were being burnt with their occupants inside.
Police and army personnel are
believed to have been discharged to the area. Meanwhile, the Osun State government
has declared a two day curfew in Ile- Ife which will start from 6pm today and
end by 7am on Friday, 10th March, 2017.
Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, the Director
of Bureau of Communication, Media and Strategy of Governor Rauf Agregbesola explained
the rationale behind the curfew via a statement thus:
“The curfew has been compelled by the breach of the peace in the area
which led to avoidable destruction of lives and properties.”
When will all these ethno-religious
wahala end in Nigeria?
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