11 Dead, Over 52 Houses Razed In Nasarawa State Communal Clashes

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Nasarawa Police Command on Saturday, April 4, 2026, said efforts are underway to track down suspected perpetrators of  deadly communal clashes in Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities of Nasarawa Local Council of the State.

Some hoodlums were said to have on Friday, April 3, launched reprisal attacks on the communities over alleged killing of their kinsmen.

According to the Police,11 people lost their lives in the dastardly incident, with about 52 houses razed in the two affected communities.

A statement  from Ramhan Nansel, the spokesperson for the State Police Command, informed that security has been enhanced, with adequate operatives deployed to prevent escalation of the clashes.

According to the statement, the State Commissioner for Police, Shetima Mohammed, who led a team on an on-the-spot assessment of  the affected communities, has given a marching order for the immediate location and arrest of all those involved in the unfortunate incident.

The CP also directed a thorough investigation of the actual circumstances surrounding the incident with a firm assurance that justice will be served.

“To prevent any further breakdown of law and order, the CP has also directed the immediate reinforcement and sustained deployment of Police personnel to the affected areas”, Nansel stated.

According to the Police spokesperson, the Command is working in concert with other security agencies, including the military and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, to ensure return of normalcy in the affected communities.

He disclosed that an all-inclusive stakeholders’ parley was held as part of the CP’s efforts at ensuring an enduring peace.

While commiserating with the families, relations and friends of the victims, CP Mohammed called on residents to remain calm, law-abiding, and to cooperate with security agencies in the task of getting to the root of the matter.

The Source reports that the Nasarawa state incident is coming at a time the dust raised by the gruesome attack and killings of no fewer than 30 persons in the Augwa Rukuba area of Jos North  on Palm Sunday by suspected terrorist elements is yet to subside.