Tag: Hausa/Yoruba clash

Yoruba/Hausa Clash: Tension in Lagos community as one killed, many injured

Aminu Imam

There is tension in a Lagos community as Yoruba and Hausa reportedly engaged in a bloody clash at Agboju, along Mile2-Badagry expressway. It was learnt that the argument which degenerated into a fisticuff and caused tension started between a Hausa man and a Yoruba commercial motorcycle rider (Okada). It was gathered that some Hausa groups supported the Hausa to beat the Yoruba man who was having upper hand to death and set him ablaze with his motorcycle. This incident infuriated the Yoruba who opted for reprisal attack and engaged the Hausa in…

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Yoruba-Hausa clash: ‘We hold Southern governors responsible for Shasha killings’ Lawan

Aminu Imam

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says divisive utterances by some Southwest governors were responsible for the killings in Sasha market and other violence against Northerners in the region. Lawan said this during an interview with the BBC yesterday. Several people were feared killed during violence that erupted between Hausa and Fulani traders in Shasha market in Ibadan, Oyo state, recently. He said: What happened in Oyo State and other things that kept happening in the South-Western States  are caused by leadership failures in the region. Some utterances by some governors also…

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‘Yorubas will lose more in war against Fulani’ – Oluwo of Iwo

Aminu Imam

An Ondo State traditional chief, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has warned the Yoruba people to stop the drum beats of war against the Fulanis in the South-West. This was contained in a statement personally issued by the monarch on Friday, where the traditional ruler cautioned the herders to respect human dignity. According to the Yoruba monarch, the lifestyle of many Fulanis is not worth fighting, as according to him, they tend to lose nothing except their cows. He said, “The lingering Yoruba-Fulani saga is a fragile issue that demands…

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“Elites should quell tension arising from communal clashes, tribal biases” – Analyst

Aminu Imam

By Maryam Braimoh A Development professional and public affairs analyst, Dr. Yahuza Getso, has called on the Nigerian elite, across different levels and ethnicity, to quell the tension arising from communal clashes and tribal biases being experienced in the country.  He made the remark while featuring as a guest on Liberty TV programme: “Democracy in Practice“. Dr. Getso described the communal clashes in some States as a system failure as, according to him, Nigeria is divided on different fronts Another guest on the programme, Abiodun, while also commenting on the issue, said…

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Yoruba-Hausa clash: Tension heightens in Oyo Ogun States

Aminu Imam

  Akeredolu, Fayemi react   Mayhem unfortunate, tragic Osinbajo The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu and his counterpart, Kayode Fayemi have appealed to Nigerians not to take laws into their hands, following heightened tensions between the Hausa and Yoruba ethnic groups in some south-western States of the country. Recall that there was wild tension on Saturday, in Ogun State, when hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen allegedly launched an attack on Orile-Igbooro, in Yewa-North local government area, killing no fewer than four persons. According to report, houses were burnt down while…

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Hausa/Yoruba clash: Oyo govt. shuts down Shasha market indefinitely, imposes curfew

Aminu Imam

Following the clash that reportedly erupted between Hausa and Yoruba traders that led to the death of five people in Shasha market, in Akinyele local government area of Ibadan, the Oyo State government has ordered the immediate closure of the market indefinitely. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the State governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor gave the order to forestall breakdown of law and order in the area and equally imposed a curfew on Shasha and the market area. According to the statement,…

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