There was pandemonium on Wednesday in Benin, following a clash between youths of Idunwin-Ehigie community and Hausa labourers at Egba junction on the Benin-Auchi express road.
It was gathered that two persons, identified as Osas, a Vulcanizer and one Hameed were injured in the clash.
It was further gathered that a mosque belonging to the Nasrul Lahi L Fatih Society (NASFAT) Education Centre in the area was vandalised.
Daily Trust learnt that the Hausa boys involved in the attack were labourers, looking for menial jobs who usually gathered at Egba junction, waiting for someone to hire them.
It was further gathered that trouble started when one of the injured youths Osas and other youths asked the Hausa labourers to leave the area to another place which they resisted.
The development, it was gathered, led to a fight between the Benin youths and the labourers, who were armed with their working tools and in the process, Osas was injured.
Other youths in the area, in solidarity with Osas, attacked the labourers and chased them out of the area.
Meanwhile, the chairman of NASFAT Benin branch, Dr. Isiaka Mustapha, decried the attack on the Mosque, calling for the arrest of the perpetrators.
When contacted, the state police public relations officer, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident.
He said three persons had been arrested in connection with the clash and that peace had been restored in the area.
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