1 dead, 3 injured as farmers, herdsmen clash in Jigawa

At least one person was killed and three
others wounded in a clash between farmers and
herdsmen in Guri Local Government Area of
Jigawa on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
farmers and herdsmen engaged themselves in
battle at Dorawaji village at about 11.30 p.m. on
Friday. Mr Muhammad Gidado, the State Commandant of
the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC), confirmed the incident. Gidado said in a telephone interview that two
injured persons had been taken to the General
Hospital in Guri and the corpse deposited in the
morgue.



He said that a joint patrol team of police, military
and men of the NSCDC had been drafted to the
area. A resident, Malam Musa Bulama, said the crisis
erupted when farmers accused herdsmen of
leading cattle to graze in their farms. “The herdsmen, armed with bows and arrows,
attacked the farmers who were trying to stop
them from destroying their crops.’’ The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr
Abdu Jinjiri, said the command had not received
the report of the incident. Guri Local Government Council had banned cattle
grazing at night in order to curtail incessant
clashes between farmers and herdsmen. (NAN)