Posted by Following a bloody confrontation between Hausa and Fulani settlers on Wednesday, the Ogbese Community in Ondo State’s Akure North Local Government Area was in disarray.
The crisis was reported to have resulted in one death, numerous injuries, and property destruction.
It was learned that the dispute, which had started on Tuesday evening, had intensified by Wednesday morning, when several northerners’ stores were set on fire in the community’s well-known market.
Although the precise cause of the altercation was still unclear when this report was made, it was found that the neighborhood was tense.
The conflict, according to a community member, was the result of a fight over Cannabis sativa, often known as Indian hemp, between a Hausa man living in the neighborhood and a Fulani guy who lived in the forest.
He claimed that the Fulani man had reportedly stolen from the Hausa man’s stash of marijuana that was kept in the underbrush.
Funmilayo Odunlami, the police spokeswoman, stated that eight stores were destroyed but refuted the claim of an ethnic crisis.