TheCable

Some youth in Samaru Kataf community in southern Kaduna attacked Muhammad Muhammad, emir of Jama’a, on Wednesday.

The monarch was on his way from Kaduna to Kafanchan, headquarters of Jama’a local government area, when he ran into a roadblock mounted by aggrieved youth, who were protesting the fresh round of violence in the area‎.

Three people were killed after suspected Fulani herdmsen attacked a market in Samaru Kataf on Tuesday.

A source told TheCable that upon identifying the emir, the protesters went violent, but Muhammad managed to escape.

However, the vehicles in his convoy were destroyed.

“The mob would have pounced on the emir, but the police escort in the convoy fired some shots to scare them,” the source said.

“Because they the road was blocked, the convoy turned back and took a different route. Most of the cars in the emir’s convoy were damaged.”

There is tension in southern Kaduna as a result of the ongoing religious crisis.

Efforts of the state government to contain the breakdown of law and order in the region has not yield the desired result.