The Police said on Wednesday calm has been restored to villages in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where 33 people died in clashes between villagers and Fulani.
A total of 27 Fulani people living in the area were killed by the villagers in two separate attacks, while six villagers died, the police said on Wednesday in Kaduna.
Mr Agyole Abeh, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said at a press briefing that the incident started on July 11, when some villagers attacked a Fulani boy and his father.
He said that the death of the boy later in a hospital, prompted some Fulani youth to attack the village where those who allegedly killed the boy hailed from and in the process six villagers died.
“The youths from the area immediately mobilised and went into the bush attacking and killing, maiming and burning any Fulani settlement…
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