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30 killed in clashes in central Nigeria: witnesses
Violent clashes between two local groups in central Nigeria’s Taraba State has claimed 30 lives, local residents and witnesses said on Saturday.
The witnesses told that the current violence was ignited on Friday by an attempt by the Muslim community at Karofi area in the ancient city of Wukari town to prevent some traditionalists who were on procession as part of burial rites for a deceased traditional Chief.
The state government said in a statement issued in Jalingo, the state capital on Friday night that 10 people were killed and several others injured during the crisis.
Local residents and witnesses said on Saturday that up to 30 people had died due to the violent clashes.
The procession was purely a traditional affair and has nothing to do with Islam or Christianity as it has been the tradition of the town for ages, the witness said.
State police spokesperson Joseph Kwali confirmed the incident, saying that the State Police Command has deployed enough men to the troubled town in a bid to restore normalcy.
Kwali said the number of casualties is yet to be ascertained as well as the level of destruction.
The fighting came up barely three months after scores of people were killed and properties worth billions of naira destroyed in the city.
Meanwhile, the state government has inaugurated a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to probe the violence that occurred in the town in February.
