6 Killed, Governor El-Rufai Stoned, as fight over a Woman turns Bloody in Kaduna

Fight over a woman between two neighboring communities of Badarawa Kwaru and Unguwar Yero in Kaduna North local government area of Kaduna State has turned bloody.

 

Not fewer than six persons have lost their lives since the eruption of fight on Sunday night, while several others have sustained various degree of injuries.

 

As at the time of filing this report Wednesday afternoon, there is heavy presence of Police and soldiers as residents remain indoor.

 

Several gunshots were fired into the air at interval.

 

Eye witnesses accounts said the fight started between two men on Sunday night over a woman.

 

A man from Kwaru community came on motorbike to Unguwar Yero to see his alleged concubine who incidentally is a wife of a man in Unguwar Yero.

 

According to him, “The woman was in relationship with the man from Kwaru when she was a girl and used to give her money when they were dating. The lady in question married another person. But after their marriage, the lady and her former boyfriend were still going out.

 

“On that Sunday evening, the Kwaru man came as usual to look for his concubine.

They met as usual, but the husband who was already suspecting his wife trailed her to where they were standing. So, when he accosted them, the Kwaru man kicked his bike and stabbed the man from Kwaru in the stomach.

 

“The man later died before he could be rushed to the hospital. But, what got people of the area angry is that, the Governor later came begging the people to be patient without taking action to bring the culprit to book.

 

“That was why Unguwar Yero people also started attacking people suspected to be Hausa-Muslim,” he said.

 

Governor Nasir El-Rufai who was at Unguwar Yero on Sunday night to broker peace was stoned by the angry youths.

 

He said, “When the governor arrived the area, the angry youths didn’t even allow him to speak, they just started chanting ‘bama so’, meaning, ‘we don’t want’.

 

Meanwhile, after the Governor’s visit, the crisis started taking religious and ethnic dimensions since Monday, as groups from the neighboring Kwaru and Unguwar Yero resulted to attacking people identified as members of the opposite ethnic or religious group.

 

As at Wednesday morning, tension had risen again, as youths suspected to be of Kwaru extraction stormed Ghana Road area of Malali and Unguwar Yero, attacking two traders, one of whom is feared dead.

 

Casualties figure, according to eye witnesses, now stands at six.

 

Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, Zubairu Abubakar, did not take calls to his phone.