By Haruna Aliyu, Bad news don enter Kebbi State sake of say fight don burst between farmers and people wey dey rear cattle for Gulma town wey dey inside Argungu Local Government Area. Torhy be say, no be small thing wey happen because at least eight people don lose their life for this communal clash wey happen so.

According to wetin dem yarn, na so e take start. Dem talk say one Fulani herder use knife take jam one farmer for inside im farm ground, kill am on top say na im farm be that. As this news enter ground, anger come catch the farming community well well. Dem come arrange imsef say dem go revange, come attack where the Fulani people dey stay for that area.

For this attack wey dem do back, ehn, heavy kasala burst. Dem kill plenty people wey reach about eight for inside the Fulani settlement, and this one come make the tension for the community to dey rise like gear.

As police people dey confirm this mata, the Kebbi State Police Public Relations Officer, wey im name na SP Bashir Usman, yarn our correspondent say this clash happen around 3:00 p.m. for Monday afternoon. E come say the thing cause plenty fatalities.

One strong voice from the Police side yarn say:

“The incident wey happen na so so reprisal attack because of the stabbing of a farmer by a herder. As e be now, we don dey control the situation well well, but sad to say eight people don lose their lives,”

e talk.

The police torhy talk again say security people come run rescue four people wey dem manage to save. Dem come carry dem go hospital make dem treat dem, and later dem come discharge dem say dem don dey okay.

Bashir Usman come add say peace don come back to the area now, normalcy don return. E come clear say dem don deploy security people to go stand there make sure say law and order dey alright.

E come come beg the people wey dey stay for that area make dem calm down, make dem no try to take law into their own hands. E stress am say make dem cooperate with the security people, and if anything wey dey vex dem, make dem report to the correct people wey get power to handle am.

One insider person wey sabi the torhy well well come yarn us the root of the mata. E talk say the herder and the farmer get long time palava wey start since. E talk say the herder send im cows go the farm of the person wey e kill. As the farmer see the cows, im come pursue dem comot, but for the process, the leg of one cow break.

E talk say this one come cause serious beef between the herder and the farmer. The source come talk say the herder wey later kill the farmer come back to the farm go meet the farmer sake of that cow leg wey break. Dem say the farmer hold the herder well well, but the herder still manage bring out knife from im body, come stab the farmer. Na so the farmer just die like that.

Farmers and Herders Clash, 8 People Die in Kebbi

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