A communal clash between Eti-Sheshi and Eppa communities in Mokwa LGA of Niger State has claimed one life.
The deceased, one Saidu Alhassan, a farmer, was killed after the two communities reignited their perennial land dispute during the weekend.
The current local government Chairman, Jibrin Abdullahi Muregi, said efforts to find lasting solution to the skirmish and animosity between the two communities and also reconcile them have not yielded positive results.
Residents of both communities, who said several lives had been lost in the past four years due to the crisis, appealed to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello and other authorities to intervene, saying that farming activities in the area had been seriously affected.
A source, Abubakar Ndatsu Alhassan, said the situation was deteriorating on a daily basis, adding that the Mokwa General Hospital and several houses had been vandalised.
The Niger State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, could not be reached for comment as at the time of filing this report
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