At least, three persons have lost their lives while several others were injured on Friday as a result of a conflict between youths in Gudum hausawa and Gudum sayawa communities in Bauchi state capital.
According to a press release signed by the Secretary to the State Government Alhaji Nadada Umar, the crisis erupted on Thursday following a misunderstanding among some youths in the area.
He said it escalated on Friday leading to the killing of three people.
“It would be recalled that on Thursday the 9th May, 2019 at about 09:00 am, some youth in Gudum Area of Bauchi Local Government had misunderstanding among themselves. This subsequently escalated into clashes between the youth from Gudum Sayawa and Gudum Hausawa Communities, which resulted into physical skirmishes”.
“However, immediate intervention of the security agencies brought peace in the area. Unfortunately today, during Friday Prayers there was a reprisal and a counter reprisal which led to the death of three (3) persons”. He said.
The Secretary to the State Government said as part of effort to curtail the crisis and stop it from further degenerating, government has imposed dusk to dawn curfew in the two communities.
“Accordingly, in order to prevent further escalation of the situation, Government has decided to impose a dusk to dawn curfew with immediate effect from 6:00pm to 6:00am until further notice in the following Communities: Gudum Fulani, Gudum Hausawa, Gudum Sayawa and Bigi”.
“The people of the affected communities are therefore advised to strictly observe the restriction. Any person or group of people found to be violating this will be decisively dealt-with.” he warned.
