At least 10 killed, houses razed in fresh Fulani-Kamuku clash in Niger

No less than 10 radical person been killed and respective houses acceptable ablaze pursuing a renewed clash betwixt Fulani and Kamuku communities successful Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.

The violence, which erupted on Tuesday in Mararraban Gwadaro and Tashan Bako villages, is believed to beryllium a spillover of an earlier confrontation betwixt the 2 groups a fewer weeks agone that claimed 1 life.

Residents described the latest onslaught arsenic a reprisal, lamenting that women and children accounted for a important fig of the casualties.

They appealed to the authorities and information agencies to instrumentality urgent steps to extremity the recurring violence.

Confirming the incident, Chairman of Rafi Local Government Area, Ayuba Usman Katako, said investigations had commenced to place and prosecute those down the attacks.

He, however, did not disclose the nonstop casualty fig but said nary liable authorities would basal by portion guiltless citizens were being killed.

The assured that those recovered culpable would beryllium brought to justness to service arsenic a deterrent.