Nasarawa crisis: Another corpse found as traditional rulers ban political rallies

The body of the fifth victim of the political clash between sup­porters of All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Daddere, Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State was found yesterday in a farm. When Daily Sun visited the area, people were seen conveying the body for burial at Daddere Cemetery accord­ing to Islamic rites. The deceased, identified as Muhammad, was report­ed missing after the bodies of four other victims of the clash were discovered. The development was said to have caused tension in the town before security agents arrived to save the situation from degenerating.
Meanwhile, normalcy has since returned to Daddere following the deployment of soldiers, mobile policemen and other security agents to the area. When Daily Sun visited the area, people were seen going about their normal businesses unmolested and even those that left the town as a result of the crisis had since returned to continue with their lives. In a related development, traditional rulers in Nasarawa State have banned political rallies in their domains to avoid a repeat of the bloody clash in the state.According to a commu­niqué read at the end of a meeting of graded emirs and chiefs and signed by the Chairman of Nasarawa State Cou...
ncil of Chiefs and Emir of Lafia, Alhaji Isa Mustapha Agwai I, the traditional rulers frowned on the way politi­cians in the state were taking advantage of unemployed youths in making the state a battle field.
The statement also called on security agents in the state to be proactive in maintain­ing peace in the state.