UPDATE (Photos):Clash between Hausas and Yorubas in ile-Ife, Osun state

Sabo market of Ile-Ife, Osun State is currently witnessing a terrible clash between the Hausas and Yorubas.

Hausas and Yorubas clash in Ile-Ife

According to the Magaji of Hausa community in Ile- Ife and also the secretary to the central mosque in the town, Alhaji Nasir Magaji who gave details behind the chaos, said that a Hausa man was said to have slapped Kuburat, wife of a Yoruba man, who sells pure water.

"It was Kuburat that provoked the Hausa man who slapped him and that after slapping her, many Hausa people were not in his support as they scolded him for doing that, but the Yoruba who were not pleased with the situation, retaliated by beating the Hausa man and others," he explained.

Hausas and Yorubas clash in Ile-Ife

Gunshots were sounding here and there like fireworks while setting some shops ablaze. Residents are reportedly deserted both Sabo and Lagere, Ile-Ife, in bid to escape the chaos.

Police and army personnel are said to have been discharged to those area.

Following this clash, the Osun State government has declared a two day curfew in Ile-Ife which will begin from 6pm and end by 7am till Friday, March 10, 2017

Hausas and Yorubas clash in Ile-Ife

In a statement released by the Director of Bureau of Communication, Media and Strategy to the Osun State governor, Semiu Okanlawon, he said: “The curfew has been compelled by the breach of the peace in the area which led to avoidable destruction of lives and properties."