One of the alleged reasons the Hausa-Yoruba clash in Ile-Ife, Osun state, degenerated into a big issue was the reported killing of a vulcaniser in the community by some Hausa men.
The man identified as Mukaila, works just beside the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) park close to the filling station in the community, and was said to have been killed before the crisis escalated.
Mukaila, the man whose death allegedly triggered the recent crisis in Ile-Ife, Osun state, in his workshop. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi.
More than 15 houses and shops were razed during the disagreement between the Hausas and their Yoruba counterparts on Wednesday, March 8, and most of the people affected are yet to recover from the incident.
During ZENITHBLOG.com’s visit to the community on Saturday, March 18, some aggrieved Hausa residents practically dragged our correspondent to the vulcaniser’s spot beside the road and were almost conducting the interview on his behalf.
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With a crowd already gathering around ZENITHBLOG.com crew on ground, we had to bow to pressure and ask the man if the allegations were true.
When approached and questioned, Mukaila told ZENITHBLOG.com that there was never a time he was at risk of being lynched by the Hausas.
Mukaila says he is alive and was never at risk of being attacked. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi.
As a matter of fact, he said he had fled his place of work since the same day the crisis escalated and only returned on Friday, March 17.
“But I was hearing reports from different quarters that I was dead and that the Hausas killed me during the crisis.
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“I thank God that I am alive. I was not even attacked by anybody during the crisis. I only left because I work close to the place where the incident was really tough,” he told our correspondent in Yoruba.
Business is gradually returning to Sabo community after the clash between Hausas and Yorubas. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi.
Our findings also revealed that shops belonging to Hausas were the ones which were destroyed during the crisis while those of the Yorubas were not tampered with.
ZENITHBLOG.com will publish a comprehensive report on why this was so and the exact number of people who died during the fracas in a more comprehensive report.
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