Tag: Ethnic clash

Gwarinpa Abuja ethnic crisis claims lives, many injured

Aminu Imam

An unconfirmed number of people have died following an ethnic clash on the 3rd Avenue area of the Gwarinpa Estate in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, yesterday. According to an eyewitness, who spoke to newsmen on condition of preferred anonymity, said the crisis started when a gang of hoodlums, mostly Keke-NAPEP riders and drug dealers, attacked the home of a politician in the area to rob him. He said that the development prompted some indigenous residents, mostly the Gbagyis in the community, to retaliate the attack. According to the…

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Taraba Polytechnic matriculation turns bloody as students injure one another in ethnic clash

Aminu Imam

There was confusion at the Taraba State Polytechnic matriculation ceremony yesterday, after students engaged in a freestyle skirmish, injuring each other during an ethnic clash. According to reports, the 28-year-old academy organised registration a week ago at the academy’s campus located in Jalingo. However, the ceremony turns to blood amid clashes between the school’s Jukun and Kuteb students during a cultural showcase of the admitted. Jukun is traditionally located in the states of Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa and Gombe States and in the north-western regions of Cameroon; on the…

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