At least one person died while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries when Yorubas and Hausas clashed at Shasha, Ibadan, on Friday.
As a result of the violence, residents were seen scampering for safety after a heated fight broke out in shasha market.
The fight was said to have been caused by a Hausa man(wheelbarrow pusher) who reportedly beat a Yoruba woman on Wednesday evening after she demanded he cleared her shop environment as numbers of rotten tomatoes were spilled in front of her shop by the hausa man. A Yoruba cobler around the scene was said to have challenged the Hausa man for beating a pregnant woman.
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This was said to have resulted in an altercation and the Hausa man was said to have brought out a charm and hit the cobler who fell to the ground while convulsing at the same time. He was immediately rushed to the hospital but unfortunately was declared dead on Friday morning.
The news of the death of the cobbler triggered the violence in the market as angry youths came out in their numbers to fight the hausa traders.
Lots of goods and properties were said to have been destroyed due to the violence.
The Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, was said to have visited the scene but the violence seemed to have increased after the visit.
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The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Olugbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the clash said one person died.
He said, “It was a clash between two social miscreants in which one of the miscreant, Adeola Sakirudeen ‘m’ was hit by the other and died later while receiving treatment in an hospital.
” The CP, SA security and other Police Tactical teams visited the scene for on the spot assessment. Massive Police deployment and that of the sister security agencies were made to douse the tension.
“Critical Stakeholders have also been consulted to appeal to the people. Normalcy is gradually returning to the area.”
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