Hausa traders, Igbo butchers clash in Aba, 16 dead

Not less than 14 Hausas and about 2 Igbos have been killed in Aba, Abia state as a result of a clash in the Ogbor Hill area.

An eyewitness disclosed to YNaija on Thursday evening, that the root cause of the clash was a debt owed to a Hausa trader by an Igbo butcher.

The lender was said to have called a soldier, also Hausa, to help him retrieve his money from the debtor.

In the process of trying to get the money from the Igbo butcher, the soldier was reported to have shot him in the back and he died on the spot.

The eyewitness further revealed that the soldier tried to take the body away but a gathered mob prevented him from carrying out his escape.

Killed Ibo youth

This led to a protest by butchers in Aba, who got violent and went on a killing spree of Hausa shoemakers and any Hausa person in sight.

The butchers took their protest to an area called 7up junction in Ogbor Hill where they mounted barricades and constituted further violence.

Security agencies – soldiers and police – have now been drafted to the area, where order has momentarily returned to.

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