The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the death of one person at Doko community in Lavun local government area of Niger State at the weekend during a communal clash over a disputed parcel of land.
According to the Police spokesperson, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, “on 01/04/2022 at about 2130hrs, a yet to be identified group of hoodlums attacked the residence of one Mohammed Yan-Nda ‘m’ of Tswata area of Doko village, Lavun LGA who is the father of one Mubarak reportedly to have stabbed a victim on the same date at about 2030hrs.
“The hoodlums mobilized were said to have gone to Mohammed’s residence in reprisal of the injury sustained by the victim and lynched him to death,” adding that “they equally vandalized some of his property and some neighbouring houses and fled the scene.”
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The PRO noted that police operatives attached to the command have been drafted to the village and effort was ongoing to apprehend the hoodlums.
• Forum condemns killing, clash
Meanwhile, Doko Progressive Forum (DPF) has condemned the incident in stronger terms, adding that it was not only unimaginable but persistently worrisome.
It stated this over the weekend in a press statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the Organization, Muhammad Idris Kolo, and made available to the newsmen on Sunday in Minna, saying that “Doko Progressive Forum (DPF) condemned the act and any kind of assault on person(s) by any individual or group.”
The statement added that the “forum wishes to reiterate that the ungodly act is never part of us and it is rejected in its entirety, as that is capable of disrupting the little scarce peace the forum has been working tirelessly to restore in the community.”
The forum therefore called on the appropriate/concerned authorities to investigate the incidence and ensures that the law takes its cause.
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