location: Wukari
notes: Five persons are killed in Wukari in Taraba State while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries as Christian and Muslim religious adherents engaged in violent clashes. Hundreds of houses and business premises, including places of worship were razed down by the warring groups who engaged in a gun duel, thereby rendering thousands of people homeless and striped of their means of live hood. Hundreds injured. The clash escalated from an argument over football. It is unclear if the two groups were organized militias, or rioting civilians with weapons.
target_text: location: Wukari, fatalities: 5