About four people were feared dead on Friday following a clash
between Yoruba indigenes and Fulani people living at Alapa
Village along Iseyin Road, Ilorin-East Local Government Area of
Kwara State.
Trouble purportedly started on Monday when a Yoruba man,
whose name is yet to be identified, was allegedly attacked and
killed by yet-to-be-identified Fulani cattle rearers on a
farmland.
The victim was said to have died on the spot.
PUNCH correspondent gathered on Friday, that when the victim’s kinsmen
heard about the death of their townsman, they were said to have
mobilised and attacked some Fulani men that they found.
The revenge was said to have lasted from Tuesday to Thursday,
leading to the burning of some huts belonging to the Fulanis in
the bush.
The Fulani people were said to have consequently deserted their
houses in the bush for fear of further reprisal.
A source told our correspondent that three Fulani corpses had
been evacuated from the bush, while the remains of the Yoruba
man had also been recovered by the police.
He added that many huts belonging to the Fulanis in the bush
had been razed before the police intervened.
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Agboola Oshodi-
Glover, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on
Friday, declined to state the number of casualties.
He, however, confirmed the clash and said that the police had
restored peace in the area, as people had returned to their
businesses.
“I am yet to be properly briefed on the casualty rate, so I
cannot name a figure yet. Everything is now under control.
There was something like clash there,” Oshodi-Glover said.
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