Fresh crisis rocked Rukuba road axis of Jos city with somw persons feared dead and several others injured on Saturday morning.
Reports said 18 dead bodies were being transported in two Hilux Vans from the scene of earlier attack to the Plateau Specialist Hospital mortuary, when some Fulani were intercepted by Irigwe youths who were carrying the dead bodies.
The Irigwe youths have claimed several times in the last two days that they will be transporting the bodies of their deceased colleagues to Bassa for burial on Saturday. On Saturday morning, they started off in a convoy for the burial when violence erupted along the way with the corpses, they came upon some vans transporting Fulani.
The Fulani claimed to be commuters from Bauchi, but the outraged youngsters questioned them, pointing out that Rukuba road does not link to the Bauchi highway. They feared they were on their way to attack them at the cemetery.
Before security agents arrived, the teenagers allegedly pounced on the Fulani, injuring some and killing others. Before the security agents arrived, the fighting had begun to escalate.
In response to the new violence, the state’s governor, Simon Lalong, condemned the killings, particularly because they involved innocent commuters, and instructed security officials to quickly find and arrest the offenders while controlling the area to restore quiet.
Despite the fact that the violence has been quenched by Soldiers from the Special Task Force (STF) assigned to security, the city is nevertheless shrouded in fear and tension.
