Eighteen suspects have been arrested in connection
with the recent clash between Fulani and Gwari communities in Gwako
village, Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
the police said. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Aderenle Shinaba,
who announced the arrests in Abuja, on Thursday, and added that efforts
would be made to ensure the safety of life and property in the
territory.
Shinaba was also the chairman of the committee constituted by the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, to investigate the remote causes of the clash, in which two persons died with seven injured. Also, 27 Fulani settlements were razed in the clash, leading to the victims taking refuge at the University of Abuja. “Investigations have commenced fully into the clash and this is part of the resolutions the committee will come up with, how they were able to procure their bows and arrows, cutlasses, Dane-guns and other weapons.
“The real situation as I speak is that peace has been restored in Gwako community. The area is very calm. Normalcy has been restored. “What we are trying to do is to sit down and look into the immediate and remote causes of the clash, and that is why the FCT minister inaugurated an 11-man committee,” he said. He said the committee, which has one week to submit its report, was gathering information by listening to Gwari and Fulani representatives.
According to him, the information gathering is to enable the committee to get into the root of the matter and recommend measures to forestall future occurrences.
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Shinaba was also the chairman of the committee constituted by the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, to investigate the remote causes of the clash, in which two persons died with seven injured. Also, 27 Fulani settlements were razed in the clash, leading to the victims taking refuge at the University of Abuja. “Investigations have commenced fully into the clash and this is part of the resolutions the committee will come up with, how they were able to procure their bows and arrows, cutlasses, Dane-guns and other weapons.
“The real situation as I speak is that peace has been restored in Gwako community. The area is very calm. Normalcy has been restored. “What we are trying to do is to sit down and look into the immediate and remote causes of the clash, and that is why the FCT minister inaugurated an 11-man committee,” he said. He said the committee, which has one week to submit its report, was gathering information by listening to Gwari and Fulani representatives.
According to him, the information gathering is to enable the committee to get into the root of the matter and recommend measures to forestall future occurrences.
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