Violence erupted between farmers and herders in Gululu, Jigawa State, resulting in the deaths of nine people. The conflict stemmed from accusations of theft, escalating into a deadly clash with arson and widespread destruction.
The death toll from Friday’s clash between farmers and herders in Gululu, a community in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has risen to nine, the police have said. The police said nine bodies were recovered after the violent confrontation that extended to neighbouring Jahun Local Government Area. PREMIUM TIMES reported that one person, Dauda Kafinta, who was declared missing during the melee, was later found dead.
The crisis started when the peasant farmers accused their herder neighbours of stealing from a provision store. The village head of the community, Muhammad Sarkin-Dori, told our reporter on Friday that some residents traced the footprints of the suspected thieves to a neighbourhood herders’ settlement. The police spokesperson in the state, Lawan Adam, said in a statement on Saturday that the violence escalated to neighbouring communities, with the groups embarking on an orgy of killing and arson. Mr Adam said after the initial clash, “the villagers mobilised, attacked the Fulanis and torched their houses at various locations in Miga and Jahun LGAs”
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