Residents of the Bwari area of Abuja, the nation’s capital are running helter-skelter on the road that leads to the Nigeria Law School, as there is a violent clash between Gbagis and Hausas on Christmas day, sources told The Guardian. Another source also told Guardian that some firefighters who have managed to arrive the scene of the mayhem have been chased away, with their truck vandalised. A resident, who is a scrap iron dealer in the area said, “e woke up this morning, to notice that some of the Hausas and Gbagis have been insulting each other and there were pockets of violent arguments going on between some individuals. “We have to run for our dear lives when things got ugly. they have been burning and vandalizing shops and all the vehicles in the vicinity, for hours now.”

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2017 12:11 UTC