Scores wounded in bloody Ijaw/Itsekiri clash in Delta

            There is panic in Ugborodo, Escravos in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta following sporadic shooting which lasted several hours from late Monday night to the early hours of Tuesday.
Although the casualty figure, if any, was unknown on Tuesday morning, a source told our reporter than no fewer than three houses were razed in Madangho, an Itsekiri community, an Itsekiri community.
It was also gathered that scores of persons suffered severe gunshot and machete cuts and wounds in the fracas, which was believed to be between Ijaw and Itsekiri gangs.

What sparked off the fighting was not immediately clear, but it was learnt that armed Ijaw youths burnt no fewer than three houses in Madangho.
There had been growing tension between the Itsekiri people of Ugborodo and Ijaw of Gbaramatu over the $16bn gas city project and the recently concluded general elections in the area.