FARMER KILLED, SETTLEMENT RAZED AS CRISIS BREAKS OUT IN KWARA

One person was killed and another injured in a communal clash in Eshijiko, Pada district of Pategi Local Government Area of Kwara State.

VOP news gathered that the incident which occurred on Sunday left many residents displaced as they fled the community for fear of a possible reprisal attack.

A source who spoke on the issue attributed the cause of the incident to an altercation between a farmer, Usman Baba, and some herders.

the Fulani settlement (RUGA) was “burnt  to ashes by the villagers in a suspected revenge mission over the killing of the farmer”.

The Sarkin Fulani of Ilorin East, Alhaji Idris Ali, said over 1,000 Fulani have been displaced.

A source said Ten classrooms blocks of nomadic school for our children, maize, guinea corn, yam, rice, cassava, motorcycles and several cows worth over N50m were lost to the incident,”

According to him, the affected settlement had been in existence for more than 47 years and has been living peacefully with the people of their host communities without any fracas.

He called on the state government and the security agencies to urgently come to their aid as they are now suffering from homelessness and insecurity in the Area.

However, the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), in Kwara State, Olasunkanmi Ayeni, confirmed the incident.