About five persons are feared dead in a communal clash involving
Hausas and Yorubas in Ile-Ife, Osun state this morning. According to eye
witneses, the clash started at about 9am today.
An argument between a Hausa man and a Yoruba woman at a market in the
Sabo area of the town, degenrated into a fight that was later hijacked
by some youths in the area.
The irate youths destroyed goods belonging to the Hausa traders at
Lageere in retaliation to the havoc done around the Sabo market.
Residents of the town have fled their homes while the police is working
to restore law and order.
