Five people have been feared dead in a chieftaicy crisis in Ejule Community of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi state. The crisis was said to have been caused by the supporters of the three contenders for the stool of Onu of Ejule.

The crisis started when the contenders were invited for a meeting. The initial uproar, it was learnt, snowballed into a violent crisis when the supporters one of the contenders confronted the supporters of another contender in a free for all, resulting to the death of five people.

Confirming the report, the state acting Commissioner of Police, Mallam Abdullahi Magaji, said only two people; a young man and a woman, died in the crisis, adding that five persons had been arrested in connection with the crisis.

Magaji said that the suspects had confessed to the crime, while weapons, including 16 pump action machine guns and 10 AK 47 guns were recovered from them in order to regain their freedom.

The police boss reiterated the command’s commitment to rid the state of criminal activities, saying that his men were combat ready to provide adequate security to the people of the state.



http://www.tribune.com.ng/07102009/news/news11.html

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Five people have been feared dead in a chieftaicy crisis in Ejule Community of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi state. The crisis was said to have been caused by the supporters of the three contenders for the stool of Onu of Ejule.

The crisis started when the contenders were invited for a meeting. The initial uproar, it was learnt, snowballed into a violent crisis when the supporters one of the contenders confronted the supporters of another contender in a free for all, resulting to the death of five people.

Confirming the report, the state acting Commissioner of Police, Mallam Abdullahi Magaji, said only two people; a young man and a woman, died in the crisis, adding that five persons had been arrested in connection with the crisis.

Magaji said that the suspects had confessed to the crime, while weapons, including 16 pump action machine guns and 10 AK 47 guns were recovered from them in order to regain their freedom.

The police boss reiterated the command’s commitment to rid the state of criminal activities, saying that his men were combat ready to provide adequate security to the people of the state.



http://www.tribune.com.ng/07102009/news/news11.html

Funny.

If this had happened in Igboland, this thread would have been in its fifth page by now. Nigerians why?.