Fight over a woman between two neighbouring communities of Badarawa
Kwaru and Unguwar Yero in Kaduna North local government area of Kaduna
State has turned bloody.
According to Daily Post, it was
gathered that not fewer than six persons have lost their lives since the
eruption of fight on Sunday night, while several others have sustained
various degree of injuries.
Eye witnesses accounts said the fight started between two men on Sunday night over a woman.
Emmanuel
Kaja told Daily Post that a man from Kwaru community came on motorbike
to Unguwar Yero to see his alleged concubine who incidentally is a wife
of a man in Unguwar Yero.
According to him, “The woman was in
relationship with the man from Kwaru when she was a girl and used to
give her money when they were dating. The lady in question married
another person. But after their marriage, the lady and her former
boyfriend were still going out.
“On that Sunday evening, the
Kwaru man came as usual to look for his concubine. They met as usual,
but the husband who was already suspecting his wife trailed her to where
they were standing. So, when he accosted them, the Kwaru man kicked his
bike and stabbed the man from Kwaru in the stomach.
“The man
later died before he could be rushed to the hospital. But, what got
people of the area angry is that, the Governor later came begging the
people to be patient without taking action to bring the culprit to book.
“That was why Unguwar Yero people also started attacking people suspected to be Hausa-Muslim,” he said.
Another
eye witness also told Daily Post that governor Nasir El-Rufai who was
at Unguwar Yero on Sunday night to broker peace was stoned by the angry
youths.
He said, “When the governor arrived the area, the angry
youths didn’t even allow him to speak, they just started chanting ‘bama
so’, meaning, ‘we don’t want’.
Meanwhile, after the Governor’s
visit, the crisis started taking religious and ethnic dimensions since
Monday, as groups from the neighboring Kwaru and Unguwar Yero resulted
to attacking people identified as members of the opposite ethnic or
religious group.
As at Wednesday morning, tension had risen
again, as youths suspected to be of Kwaru extraction stormed Ghana Road
area of Malali and Unguwar Yero, attacking two traders, one of whom is
feared dead.
Casualties figure, according to eye witnesses, now stands at six.
Title :
Fight Over A Woman Turns Bloody As 2 Communities Clash, Leaving 6 Persons Dead In Kaduna
Description : Fight over a woman between two neighbouring communities of Badarawa Kwaru and Unguwar Yero in Kaduna North local government area of Kad...
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