Tragedy struck at a naming ceremony in Taraba State as one person was killed during the event.
NIGERIACRIME also gathered that several others sustained varying degrees of injuries at the ceremony, which was held last Saturday night in Gullum village, in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.
The incident was reportedly ignited by two rival groups over a girlfriend.
A source within the community disclosed that two men who were present at the naming ceremony clashed over a young lady they both claimed to have been dating.
According to the eyewitness, who gave his name as Timbah Agyo, “On sighting one of the group members with the girl in question, the other group immediately launched an attack on them, thereby leading to the death of one of the members of the rival group.
“The ceremony was going on peacefully, at about 10:30 pm, when one of the group members went and attacked the other group.
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“Before we could understand what was happening, the gang members brought a knife and stabbed one of the members of the other group.
“We rushed him to the Federal Medical Center, FMC, Jalingo, but he died before we could get there.”
The sad development was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Abdullahi Usman.
“The two young men engaged themselves in a fight, which resulted in the death of one person.
“On depositing the corpse at the FMC, the family came and demanded that it be released to them for burial. When it was released, the youths from the area went and hijacked the corpse and dumped it in the house of the father of the accused person,” the PPRO said.
According to the police, the youths are also demanding that the suspect be released to them, adding that they are insisting that the suspect must be killed and buried at the same time as the one that was killed.
To forestall further unrest, heavy armed security operatives were confirmed to have been deployed to the area.