3 Dead As Hausa/Fulani Settlers Launch Attack On Akwa Ibom Community
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A deadly clash between Hausa/Fulani settlers and locals of Itiam Etoi in Uyo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom state, has left no fewer than 3 dead.
One of the residents of Itiam Etoi, Okon Effiong, told Vanguard that the clash, which occurred late Tuesday, began when “area boys” in the area approached a Hausa scavenger seen pushing a power generator on wheelbarrow and demanded “settlement” from him.
The scrap dealer, who was said to have refused to tip the locals, was consequently harassed in the process.
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In an apparent reprisal attack, Effiong told journalists that the scrap dealer went for reinforcement and returned with his fellow Hausa/Fulani settlers and descended on every local on sight.
“When the ‘area boys’ stopped the Hausa man, they asked him for settlement. He refused to pay and it led to a fight and a reprisal attack from the Hausa\Fulani settlers in the area,” Effiong said.
“They arrived in large numbers with machetes and clubs and started cutting anyone they found on the road. Some of them carried iron rods with which they destroyed properties and chased shop owners away.”
Residents of in the community are said to be living in fear currently against further attacks.
