Kogi Community Clash & Massacre!!!

About Nine people have been killed and houses, including the palace of the Ohiagba of Ebira Mozum in Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State were attacked in a clash between the people of Bassa Komu and Ebira Mozum communities. 

Sources said on Friday that the violence between the two communities was as a result of the killing of a palm wine tapper and a farmer on Monday. 

according to the information gathered from NIGRIAN TRIBUNE, Ebira Mozum was attacked on Thursday afternoon and the incident left nine dead and the traditional ruler’s palace and several other houses burnt down. 

It was gathered that for about three hours, continual gunshots were fired at Udogbo, a Bassa community, in the early hours of Thursday, which caused some residents to panic and flee. 

One Malam Yaro stated that the Thursday violence was an offset of what happened the previous week which claimed casualties on both sides. 

Speaking on the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Williams Ayah, confirmed the renewed violence but said that everything has returned to normal in the area.

Meanwhile, the state governor, Yahaya Bello, has urged the two communities to remain calm.

The governor, expressed concern over the incident but assured that the government was on top of the situation and promised that those orchestrating the ethnic crisis would be nabbed and made to face the wrath of the law.

The governor, Yahaya Bello , directed the security agents to ensure no further loss of life and gather intelligence to unscramble those behind the violence. He gave the assurance that the culprits would not go unpunished.

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