No fewer than nine persons were on Friday feared killed and many others declared missing in Bayelsa State after a violence erupted between Agudama-Epie and Akenfa communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area.
Witness said youth from both warring communities, armed with guns and machetes, attacked one another in a fierce battle during the early hour of the day.
The source who attributed the cause of the fight to a farmland behind the Law School campus said, nine dead bodies have so far been recovered while many others were said to have sustained various degrees of gun and machete injuries.
“Nine corpses have been recovered; youth from both communities are still missing, while many others had gunshot injuries,” the source said.
Bayelsa Police Command spokesman, Alex Akhigbe confirmed the clash, but however failed to disclose the casualties’ figure.
He said the Command had deployed policemen to the affected communities to calm the situation.
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