Two persons were killed and three houses burnt in a clash between herders and farmers in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area, Jigawa State on Tuesday.
The spokesperson of the state police, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated this in Dutse on Wednesday.
Shiisu said the clash sparked off after suspected cattle herders from Katsina State allegedly invited by local herdsmen invaded and destroyed farmlands in Safa and Gaurakai villages in the area.
“As a result of this, farmlands along the route were destroyed,” Shiisu said, adding that farmers in the affected communities were said to have mobilised in large number to defend their farmlands before the arrival of the security team.
He said the parties consequently attacked themselves before the team succeeded in dispersing them.
Shiisu said as the visiting herders ward off their cattle, two persons, one from each side, were killed, adding that three of the Indigenous herders’ houses were set on fire and 15 cattle abandoned and belonging to the visiting herders were recovered..
He said five indigenous herders who were suspected to have invited the invading herders were arrested.
Normalcy had since been restored in the affected areas, as police tactical teams in collaboration with local vigilance group members, hunters, and Yan Bulala, a local security network, have been deployed to areas to forestall further breaches of peace, Shiisu said, adding that investigation into the case was ongoing and any one found guilty would be prosecuted accordingly.
