Around two individuals have been dreaded murdered with place of worship burnt as Hausa traders and a few young people, accepted to be neighborhood government task force group in Eleme LGA of Rivers State, conflicted.
It was accumulated that inconvenience began when a few young people from Eleme, who are working as task force, went to Opaku Park in Onne to request payment of taxes from Hausa dealers working in the region.
An observer, Mr. Franklin Bobmanuel, portrayed that the youths wound up plainly furious when the traders declined paying the tax and the following contention brought about a free-for-all.
Bobmanuel said one of the tax office died amid the battle and his associates, on seeing that one of them had passed on, murdered one of the traders in striking back. It was
likewise discovered that a church and a mosque in the area were burnt down.
In the interim, the Public Relations Officer of the state's Police Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, affirmed that the two gatherings conflicted in Eleme and that the incident prompted burning of a Church and a Mosque.
Omoni stated: "We know about the incident, however I am yet to get subtle elements of what happened. We have swung without hesitation and our men have been sent to the zone to look after quiet. We are exploring the matter; we will make the report accessible when we are through."
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