Nigeria, Aug. 3 -- A prolonged land dispute between residents of Jaji in Kaduna State and the Military Cantonment in the area has climaxed following the eviction and demolition of houses by soldiers.

Residents said the soldiers, last Friday night, stormed the community in the Igabi Local Government Area and flattened several homes, despite a court order restraining them from the demolition. The exercise left scores of residents homeless and traumatised.

But the army denied the allegations.

Residents of several communities in the area, including Ungwan Yohanna, Ungwan Aboki, Sabon Ungwan Loya, Ungwan Railway, and Ungwan Alhassan, have been locked in a land dispute with the military cantonment since 2020.

The dispute started after the a...