One dies, four injured as traders clash in FCT

One person died on Monday while four others sustained injuries during a violent clash between Hausa and Igbo traders at Kuje, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory .
There were conflicting accounts of the crisis but one had it that the crisis erupted after a Hausa youth was arrested by a vigilante group for breaking into a shop owned by an Igbo man .
The suspect, whose name could not be immediately ascertained , was said to have died after he was beaten up.
A security officer , who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that the suspect died at the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital , Abuja, where he was taken for medical care .
He said , “ But when the Igbo trader attempted to open his shop to take stock of what was there , some Hausa traders prevented him from doing so and in the course of the argument , the issue got out of hand and became a free - for- all.
“ Policemen , including other security forces , were deployed to restore peace ; they had to fire tear gas canisters to end the violence which was almost assuming a terrifying dimension. In the course of the violence , four people were injured and they have been taken to the hospital. ”
Another account however said the clash was between two rival vigilante groups identified as Green House and Kungiyar Zama lafiya .
One Sani Adamu reportedly died during the fracas.
The FCT police spokesman, Usen Omorodion , confirmed the incident in an SMS , but he had yet to respond to a request for the details of the clash as of the time of filing this story