One injured as herders, farmers clash in Jigawa

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One person has been seriously injured following a violent clash between herders and farmers in Turawa Village, Sule Tankarkar LGA of Jigawa State. Read More:…

A farmer-herder clash has left one person seriously injured in Jigawa State after a disagreement over farm produce turned violent.

PUNCH Online learnt that clashes between farmers and herders are common in some parts of Jigawa State towards the end of the rainy season, when cattle movement intensifies and farmers are yet to harvest their crops.

The latest incident occurred in Turawa Village, Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area, where herders allegedly destroyed crops while passing through farmlands.

Confirming the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Dutse on Wednesday, the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC Jigawa State Command, Badaruddeen Tijjani, said the command received a distress call over the clash.

“At approximately 1800 hours on today (Wednesday), the Sule Tankarkar Divisional Office, under the leadership of SC Isah Abdullahi Guyu, received credible information from a resident of Turawa Village, identified as Mas’ud, reporting that a group of herders allegedly damaged farm produce while passing through the village,” Tijjani said.

He explained that the destruction of the farm produce triggered a confrontation between the herders and some farmers.

“The victim, identified as Babangida Danjuma, aged 45, was immediately evacuated to the General Hospital, Sule Tankarkar, for initial medical attention,” Tijjani said.

He added, “He was subsequently referred to Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital, Dutse, for further emergency treatment.”

“Following the incident, the herders reportedly fled the scene, abandoning six donkeys and one cow,” he said.

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