At least four people have died in riots that erupted in Ibi town, Taraba State after a Muslim was killed at an illegal checkpoint.

Local government chairman, Isiaku Adamu, said rioters burned houses and shops Sunday in Ibi, which is about 140 miles (230 kilometers) from the Taraba State capital of Jalingo.

He said Christians had put up the checkpoint to stop Muslims from nearing their church during the Sunday service as a response to church attacks in other parts of the country.

A Taraba State government spokesman, Emmanuel Bello ,said Sunday that authorities have sent troops to the area.

A spate of church attacks largely blamed on a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram have exacerbated religious tensions in Nigeria.

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