Communal clash in Niger: One dead, houses burnt in Munya LGA – Police

The Niger State Police Command has confirmed a convulsive communal clash successful Gambwa village, via Fuka successful Munya Local Government Area, which resulted successful the decease of 1 idiosyncratic and demolition of property.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, the incidental occurred connected April 30, 2026, pursuing a distress telephone received astatine astir 12:30 p.m. regarding unrest successful the community.

He explained that constabulary operatives attached to Gwada Division were instantly deployed to the scene, wherever they discovered that respective settlements had been acceptable ablaze by aggravated youths, starring to the demolition of huts, houses, and different valuables.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the unit was a reprisal onslaught stemming from a quality earlier that aforesaid day, astir 9:30 a.m., betwixt 2 individuals Doza Hussaini, 18, and Nasiru Tukur, 25 implicit a portion of farmland adjacent a Fulani settlement.

The disagreement reportedly escalated into a carnal confrontation, during which Doza contacted his father, Hussaini Turaki, 35, for support.

In the ensuing clash, Hussaini allegedly inflicted a chopped connected Na...