One person feared killed and many others injured as Fulani and Hausa settlers reportedly clash at the Ogbese Community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The bloody clash which started on Tuesday evening was said to 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, PUNCH reports.
The real cause of the fight was yet to be known at the time of filing this report.
Reacting, the State Police 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.
Odunlami 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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