Two Killed, 38 Houses Razed In Nasarawa Ethnic Clash.

Two persons was reportedly killed and no fewer than 38 houses has been burn down in Andaha community, Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

Following the attack, residents of three villages were forced to run away from their homes for fear of a reprisal attack after suspected Fulani herders assaulted a 19-year-old Mada girl to death.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Samaila Usman, Confirmed the development to Channels Television in a telephone interview.

According to him, the incident occurred when some Mada girls where returning home from a wedding ceremony at Katanza.

He explained that some Fulani herders accosted them, raped one Joy Danlami and beat her severely, thereby leading to her death at the general hospital in Akwanga.

“Some suspected Fulani herders attacked some girls, in the process, they raped a girl called Joy Danlami, after the rape they beat her up.

“Her relatives took her to the general hospital in Akwanga and unfortunately she died at the hospital. Then Mada youths mobilised themselves and went to a Fulani Camp, they killed one person in the camp, set it ablaze resulting in the death of five sheep.

“Later on, in the reprisal attack, Fulani people mobilised themselves in large and attacked Nidam and Maite, burning several houses,” he said.

Residents of the three villages of Nidam, Maite and Katanza, all in Andaha community have lived happily as neighbours for decades but now are in disarray.

Residents lament as their houses and food items worth millions of naira destroyed and many of them displaced.

Thomas Maikyau, a resident of Nidam expressed dissatisfaction when he speak with Channels Television, he then called on the government to provide assistance to them, also urge government address the issue urgently to avoid further loss of lives and properties.