One person was allegedly killed and others seriously injured while a house was razed as Fulani herdsmen and Hausa natives clashed over stolen motorcycle in Kubwa district, Abuja, yesterday.
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This led to confusion as residents ran for safety while others locked themselves in.
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The fracas, according to Vanguard investigations, was sparked off at 3 a.m, when the motorcycle belonging to an Hausa man was allegedly stolen by Fulani herdsmen.
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The dispute heated up at 10a.m, when the stolen motorcycle was traced to the Fulani herdsman's abode at Kubwa Extension II, off Arab Road, Abuja.
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An eyewitness, who spoke to Vanguard, narrated: "The Fulanis are fond of robbing Okada riders and stealing their motorcycles at Kubwa, especially on this Arab Road.
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"They stopped the Okada man very close to the Glass church on Arab Road, macheted the rider and the passenger and stole his Okada only for it to be discovered that it was the Fulani herdsmen that carried out the robbery.
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"In an attempt to protest the Fulani terrorism in the area, Okada riders, who were fed up with the constant attack on their colleagues, traced the Fulanis to where they live and argument occurred in the process."
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The eyewitness further told Vanguard that the Fulanis had guns and other weapons which they fought the Hausas for daring to come to their domain.
All this fight and quarell has to stop. It is taking us nowhere. It makes no sense at all to me.