There was confusion in some parts of Kaduna on Wednesday following the
killing of six over a girl palaver.Eyewitness accounts said the fight
started between two men on Sunday night over a woman.
A source,
who did not want his name mentioned, told Punch that a man from a
neighbouring Kwaru community came on a motorcycle to Unguwar Yero to see
his alleged concubine, who is the wife of a man in Unguwar Yero.
He said, “The woman was the girlfriend of the Kwaru
man, who used to give her money when they were dating. But the lady in
question married another person. But after their marriage, the lady and
her ex-boyfriend were still dating.
“On that Sunday evening, the
Kwaru man came as usual to look for his concubine. They met as usual,
but the husband, who was already suspecting his wife, trailed her to
where they were standing. So, when he accosted them, the Kwaru man
stabbed his concubine’s husband in the stomach.
“The man later died
before he could be rushed to the hospital. But what got people of the
area angry was that, when Governor Nasir el-Rufai visited the place, he
begged the people to be patient, without taking any action to bring the
culprit to book.
“That was why Unguwar Yero people also started attacking people suspected to be Hausa-Muslim,” he said.