The Divisional Police Officer in the area,Patrick Daaor, said on Saturday that two persons died at the scene, while two others died at the hospital.
Daaor said the quick intervention of the police helped in controlling the clash.
The Chairman, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, Medical Advisory Committee,Haruna Abubakar, also confirmed the casualties.
Some Fulani herdsmen allegedly entered the farm of a Gwari man with their flock on Thursday and that the cattle destroyed the farmer’s crops.
Some witnesses said that the farmer’s kinsmen mobilised and attacked the herdsman, insisting that the "herdsman took their cows into the farm of our townsman, the cows ate up his crops.
The witnesses said: "When he tried to complain, the herdsman challenged him.
"The news got to us in the town and some youths mobilised themselves and decided to take revenge on any Fulani man they saw.
"One of the Fulanis ran into the mosque, he was followed and was killed there.’’
Daaor said the quick intervention of the police helped in controlling the clash.
The Chairman, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, Medical Advisory Committee,Haruna Abubakar, also confirmed the casualties.
Some Fulani herdsmen allegedly entered the farm of a Gwari man with their flock on Thursday and that the cattle destroyed the farmer’s crops.
Some witnesses said that the farmer’s kinsmen mobilised and attacked the herdsman, insisting that the "herdsman took their cows into the farm of our townsman, the cows ate up his crops.
The witnesses said: "When he tried to complain, the herdsman challenged him.
"The news got to us in the town and some youths mobilised themselves and decided to take revenge on any Fulani man they saw.
"One of the Fulanis ran into the mosque, he was followed and was killed there.’’
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