A tribal source said the bloody fighting between the al-Raziqat (Arab) and al-Falata (African) tribes was sparked by a dispute over stolen livestock.
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Rights groups secured a court injunction stopping the demolition the following day, but authorities proceeded with the forced evictions regardless, Ruth Mumbi, a human rights activist said.
“We are making preparations including the holding of a regional election in order to safeguard the rights of our people from chaos,” regional ruling party, TPLF said in a statement. It did not mention a date for the vote.
Gombe state information commissioner Alhassan Ibrahim Kwami insisted that the patients had “misunderstood their status” and did not require any drugs as they were asymptomatic.
“Our projected oil revenue has declined by over 80 percent,” said Ben Akabueze, head of the Budget Office in a video conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
The World Health Organization has said that the herbal tea’s effects had not been tested, and there are no published scientific studies of the potion.
A strict lockdown imposed in March has not been uniformly respected, with local media reporting on nighttime gatherings of neighbours and collective prayers on roofs, beyond the view of street patrols. Drones have now been introduced to spot violators or make announcements.
Unlike the bill introduced last week at the House of Representatives, Senators were not allowed to see the content of the bill before or during its First Reading, triggering questions and opposition to its Second reading.
“We must therefore, basing ourselves on the limited preparations, start slowly and carefully to open up without undoing our gains so far in fighting COVID-19,” said President Yoweri Museveni.
“The incident occurred under unclear circumstances,” the Kenyan foreign ministry said in a statement, expressing its “deep shock and regret” and offering condolences to the families of the deceased.