The prevalence of conflict in the country has become a major concern for the well-meaning Nigerians considering the impact on the peace, security as well as the economy of the nation. Destruction of lives and properties has almost become an everyday affair. These happenings have created a fearful atmosphere that discourages investors both domestic and foreign. By and large the economy of the nation is threatened. In explaining the political situation in the country; three terms need to be clarified. They include: crisis, conflict and violence. Crisis is the aftermath of conflict and violence. According to Idowu (1999), violence is often the manifestation of extreme, consistent and intense level of conflict. It is the harm perpetrated on persons ranging from restriction of their movement to torture or death and also the harm inflicted on properties ranging from mere damage to complete destruction. It is better imagined. Peace may not be appreciated without prior experiences of violence futility. Conflict occurs where there is an interaction between at least two individuals or groups whose objectives differ. The socials cost of conflict is so enormous that the government of a nation should do all within its capacity to discover the best strategy for conflict resolution.
Communal and ethnic conflicts have become one of the most urgent issues of concern to nation states as well as the regions where they occur. Furthermore, destabilization of state and regions could have a major impact on political and economic global stability. Commonly, most communal crisis are results of ethnic conflict that exist in a nation states that are composed of more than one ethnic group. Nevertheless, not all conflict turn violent. Even those that turn violent do not necessarily extend over long periods. Rather, many tend to erupt occasionally, and some tend to last for a short time: days or weeks, while some last for months or years. Those violent conflict that last for longer periods put a lot of stress on the Nigerian State and often affect the region around it, with the potential to affect the international community (Shihade, 2012).
Communal conflicts have been one of the most challenging problems of Nigeria and indeed any African Nations. All across Nigeria, there is an ever lengthening thread of communal conflicts as a result of ethnicity. Since May 29, 1999 when the country return to a civilian administration, the ethnic stew-pot in Nigeria has been boiling, wracked by severe ethnic violence in all parts of the country. In Lagos, Shagamu, Kaduna between (Zango and Kataf), Kano (between various permutation of the Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa-Fulani), Nasarawa (between Tivs and the Azare), Benue (between Jukuns and Tivs). In Osun (between Ife and Modakele),Ekiti (Emure Ekiti and Ise Ekiti), others include conflict within the Igbos in Aguleri and Umuleri, and between the Urhobos and the Itsekiri in Delta State, and most recently between the Fulani and Hausas in Jos, and between the Share and Tsaragi in Kwara State. These are not isolated events but are interconnected. What is more, they do not drop from the sky: powerful social and economic factors give rise to then and these violent crises have led to loss of lives and properties and they have threatened the existence of Nigeria as a nation.
Kwara State, which came to existence in 1967 has sixteen Local Government Areas, is also highly heterogeneous with diverse traditional cultures. It comprises of mainly Yoruba, Nupe, Fulani, Baruten, as well as Tiv, Biroh Busa, Chamba, Kanberi, Vere, Efik, Idoma and Juke. Each group has a distinct way of life. Members of each group participated in a wider network of social relations but sustained their boundaries myth and symbolism.
Edu and Ifelodun are two (2) contiguous Local Government Area of the 16 LGA(s) in Kwara State. Tsaragi is a predominantly Nupe speaking community located in Edu Local Government Area while Share is Yoruba (Igbomina) speaking community under Ifelodun Local Government Area. The traditional Head, leader of Nupes is addressed as the Ndakpoto, the Etsu Tsaragi, whereas the Oba of Share is referred to as the Olupako of Share (Odepitan 2009). The two communities have a long history of peaceful co-existence as far back as 1845. However, in the year 2008, the relationship between the two communities assumed a worrisome dimension as a communal clash ensued between a Yoruba man and Nupe man with a sharp reaction and disagreement on a piece of farmland. Quarrel started from the farmland and spill over to the town. According to Odepitan (2009), the two communities who had been co-habiting together are at war with each other. Dane guns, cutlasses, stones and petroleum were used as weapons of war and destruction. During the crisis properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed. Houses were burnt, motor vehicles destroyed and people lost their lives”.
Also in another scenario in December 2015, No fewer than four people were feared dead while thirty others were injured and 50 houses razed in renewed communal clash between the people of Share and Tsaragi despite the previous curfew imposed by Kwara State Government. It was reliably gathered that 30 other people sustained serious injuries in Share town in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State following the invasion of the town by people suspected to be youths from Tsaragi.
The two communities of Share and Tsaragi in the state had been engaged in face-off over a land dispute. According to an eyewitness, the irate youths suspected to be from Tsaragi town, armed with dangerous weapons including guns, invaded Share town and started burning some houses allegedly belonging to the people of the town. The sources informed that the invasion by the irate youths suspected to be from Tsaragi town took the people of Share unawares as the earlier presence of anti-riot policemen drafted to the warring towns gave them assurance of full protection until the irate youths came to attack the Share community with dangerous weapons.

The only way to get peace is to look for war..
Violence exist cos others are tolerant...