Ethnic Conflict And Its Impact On The Socio-economic Development Of Nigeria: A Study Of Billiri, Kaltungo And Shongom Crises In Gombe State.

Abstract This research examined the long-run communal disputes between the people of Billiri, Kaltungo and Shongom in Gombe State. The crisis between Billiri, Kaltungo and Shongom had been recurring every time for more than 3 decades now. The long dispute was attributed by many writers and oral tradition to land, with lingering legal battle of ownership between the People of Tangale in Billiri Local Council and Kulishin People in Shongom Local Council of KaltungoChiefdom.This Research work presents a sociological analysis of the ethnic conflict that engulfed these communities of Billiri, Kaltu…