SO MESSY! Six Killed As Lovers Clash Over Married Woman

There was confusion in some parts of Kaduna on Wednesday following the killing of six persons over a girl palaver. The incident occurred at the Badarawa Kwaru and Ungwan Yero, all in Kaduna North area.

It was gathered that six persons were feared killed while scores sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The Kaduna State Command of the Nigerian Police Force confirmed the incident. The Police PRO in the state, DSP Zubairu Abubakar said several suspects had been arrested in connection with the crisis.

He said, “So many arrests were made, but I cannot tell you the number of people arrested until I find out from the office. However, calm has returned to the two communities.”

As of the time of this report on Wednesday, there was heavy presence of soldiers and police who forced some residents of the area to remain indoor as several gunshots were fired into the air at interval.

Eyewitness accounts said the fight started between two men on Sunday night over a lady.

A source told Punch that a man from a neighbouring Kwaru community came on a motorcycle to Unguwar Yero to see his alleged concubine, who is the wife of a man in Unguwar Yero.

He said, “The woman was the girlfriend of the Kwaru man, who used to give her money when they were dating. But the lady in question married another person. But after their marriage, the lady and her ex-boyfriend were still dating.

“On that Sunday evening, the Kwaru man came as usual to look for his concubine. They met as usual, but the husband, who was already suspecting his wife, trailed her to where they were standing. So, when he accosted them, the Kwaru man stabbed his concubine’s husband in the stomach.

“The husband later died before he could be rushed to the hospital. But what got people of the area angry was that, when Governor Nasir el-Rufai visited the place, he begged the people to be patient, without taking any action to bring the culprit to book.

“That was why Unguwar Yero people also started attacking people suspected to be Hausa-Muslim.”

Sources say six people have so far been killed as a result of the fall out of the adulterous affair.