By Ismaila Ajikobi,Abuja
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has debunked the information going round that says that no fewer than three persons lost their lives on Tuesday in Kubwa, Abuja suburb, during a clash between scavengers popularly known as Babanbola and residents of the Byazhin community.
AljazirahNigera had gathered that the clash which was rumorsed to have claimed the lives of two women and a young boy happened when a babanbola attempted to steal a woman’s pot of soup and was overpowered and beaten up after the woman raised alarm which attracted neighbours and passersby.
The embittered baban bola then went away and mobilised hoodlums who returned at about 8:00 pm wielding weapons including machetes, clubs, and stones and began attacking residents at random, eventually killing the woman whose pot of soup was earlier stolen.
“They killed two people yesterday. The Community has been in chaos since yesterday. The crisis continued till this morning when they killed somebody again. So far, three persons have been killed and many injured. The Police intervened and restored normalcy, but no arrest was made. The Police have intensified their patrol in the Byazhin area of Kubwa to prevent them from regrouping”, anonymous resident narrated.
“Yes, the riot started yesterday. And by this morning, we learnt that three persons have been killed. It happened in Byazhin around that Millionaire’s Quarters, behind that Living Faith Church. That place is usually dangerous, because it is quite lonely, and you cannot pass through there alone, especially in the evening”, another resident stated.
However, the Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command. CP Bennett Igweh, described the event as a “disturbance”, adding that no one died, and a victim who was macheted was receiving treatment at the hospital.
“They started their disturbance, but we have calmed everywhere down. The person who was macheted is in the hospital, only one person. No person has died”, he said
