Tears flowed freely in the Wadata area of Makurdi town which is notoriously renown for its high rate of violent crime among youths when a yet to be identified sugarcane seller allegedly stabbed to death 19 year old Umar Abdulrahaman, his customer after a minor argument. Though there are many sides to the story of the unfortunate incident which would have degenerated into a major communal conflict in Makurdi town but for the quick intervention of the Seniour Special Assistant to the Benue State Governor on Public Utilities, Mr. Gadaffi Asemanya who arrived the scene of the incident when angry youths of the area had mobilised for reprissal attack on all Hausa speaking artisans in the area.
