Kebbi governor urges calm after deadly clash leaves three dead

Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has urged residents of Alwasa successful Argungu Local Government Area to stay calm and debar revenge attacks aft a convulsive clash near 3 radical dead.

The politician made the entreaty during a sojourn to the assemblage pursuing the incident, which occurred connected Monday evening and heightened tensions betwixt Hausa residents and Fulani youths.

In a connection by Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser connected Media and Publicity to the Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris said: “The situation began arsenic a effect of a misunderstanding involving Fulani youths who reportedly arrived successful Alwasa and engaged successful motorcycle stunts, which attracted the disapproval of immoderate section youths.”

It added that “in the people of the altercation, 1 Hausa nonmigratory was allegedly stabbed and aboriginal died.”

The concern escalated erstwhile immoderate youths reportedly carried retired revenge attacks connected Fulani residents successful adjacent areas, resulting successful the deaths of 2 others who were said to person nary nexus to the archetypal incident. Several radical besides fled their homes for safety.

Governor Idris described the incidental arsenic “painful, unfortunate and wholly alien” to the peaceful narration betwixt communities successful the area. He warned against taking the instrumentality into one’s ain hands.

“As a government, we volition not tolerate lawlessness. Anyone recovered to person taken portion successful these killings, regardl...