Hundreds Of Residents Displaced In Kaduna State As Several Houses, Property Burnt In Communal Clash
The source claims that just two homes were spared damage during the attack, which resulted in the displacement and homelessness of hundreds of Kitimi residents.
Confrontation in Kaduna
According to SaharaReporters, more than 90% of the homes that made up the Kitimi settlements in Kaduna State’s Saminaka local government area were set afire.
They were destroyed last Friday amid a conflict between the village and the Gure people.
This was also supported by footage of the incident’s aftermath that SaharaReporters was able to obtain from a local source.
The source claims that just two homes were spared damage during the attack, which resulted in the displacement and homelessness of hundreds of Kitimi residents.
The video also shows motorcycles and other items belonging to the locals being set on fire during an intercommunal dispute.
At least one confirmed death during the crisis that began five days ago was previously reported by SaharaReporters.
According to information obtained by SaharaReporters, on Friday, a group of thugs from Gure village assaulted Kitimi village with cutlasses, firearms, and other dangerous weapons due to a long-running dispute over who is the rightful owner of a plot of land that borders both communities.
It was discovered that a woman had passed away and that the attack had also injured three other people.
It was discovered that Nigerian security personnel had occupied Kitimi village following the tragedy to guarantee that harmony between the two feuding communities was restored.