2 die in Igbo, Fulani traders clash in Enugu Two people have been reportedly killed when a clash broke out between Igbo traders and Fulani butchers at a market in Enugu State.
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A bloody clash that broke out between Igbo traders and Fulani butchers in a market in Enugu State has led to the death of two people, identified as Ali and Ifeanyi, with scores injured.
Guardian
reports that trouble started when Ali, a Fulani butcher, brought a cow
from the new Artisan market to slaughter in the Gariki Market abattoir
and Ifeanyi who was one of the attendants, asked him to pay a fee of
N500.
According
to a source at the market, the quarrel started when the late Ali paid
Ifeanyi N400 as slaughter fee instead of the stipulated N500, which
caused an argument between them.
The argument later led to a fight in which the Fulani man allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Ifeanyi to death.
In a bid to escape from the scene, other Igbo traders held him and killed him instantly in retaliation.
The
angry traders were said to have later mobilized against the Fulani
people in the market and burnt a Mosque located inside the Gariki
market.
The situation was said to have
created panic in the area as the traders ran for their safety leaving
their wares but normalcy was, however, returned to the market, following
the deployment of anti-riot policemen in the market and its environs.
The State Police Police Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said the deployment of anti-riot policemen was to prevent the crisis from escalating.
Another
market source noted that the idea of bringing cows to the Gariki
abattoir was due to the state government’s order closing the Artisan
market following a clash that led to the death of a policeman, Gabriel Ugwu.
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