One of the victims said they had to pay the money so that they would not be lynched.
“Some of us received monetary donations from our fellow Hausa community leaders to go back to our respective states in the North,” one of the displaced persons said.
He said they lost their belongings during Friday’s crisis, “and that is why we are going back to the North. We are lucky to be alive”,
Recall that a fight that ensued between the Hausa community and the native Yoruba community in Shasa Market, which started on Thursday, February 11, and snowballed on Friday, February 12, had led to the death of nearly 30 people.
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday, paid a visit to Shasha community in Ibadan, where traders at the popular market in the area had clashed on Thursday and Friday.
Yoruba Hausa clash in Ibadan: Yoruba pipo, Hausa ethnic group clash in Ibadan Sasha market latest update & Oyo State Govnor Seyi reaction
15 February 2021
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Govnor Seyi Makinde, di state Commissioner of Police and Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (R-L) visit di area on Sunday
Oyo State Govnor Seyi Makinde dey call for calm among Yoruba in Ibadan afta Hausa ethnic group clash wey happun over di weekend inside di Sasha market for south west Nigeria state.
Makinde beg all di groups wey dey involve for di katakata wey kill ten pipo wunjure more than one hundred odas for Sasha market, for di state capital Ibadan, make dem calm down.
Shasa Market Crisis: 20 Buried In Ibadan, Thousands Flee Over Fear Of Reprisal
Hausa residents at Mokola area of Ibadan, the largest Hausa community in the state, were clustering over fear of violence to the area.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 15, 2021
At least 11 people were buried on Sunday in the aftermath of Friday s altercation between Hausa traders and Yoruba at Shasa Market in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State.
Also, up to 5,000 Hausa traders, women and children displaced by the violence were still taking refuge at the residence of the Sarkin Shasa, Alhaji Haruna Maiyasin, and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in Ibadan.
The Sarkin Sasa, who spoke with
Daily Trust, said 11 victims were prepared for burial in his compound. A source in the Hausa community 20 killed persons were buried at the Akinyele Graveyard in the state capital.
The charred remains of 8 other people killed during the crisis were still at the police station in the Shasha area, as of Sunday evening.
“You can hear the noise, they are still here,” Alhaji Maiyasin told
Daily Trust by telephone. He said the refuges in his residence were up to 3,000.
Our correspondents report that there was still tension in the town and traders from both sides count losses.