From musa Ibrahim yola

Several people are feared killed in renewed communal clash between Waja and Lunguda ethnic nationalities across five communities of Guyuk and Lamurde local government areas of Adamawa State.

Sources privy to the violent conflict which occurred on Tuesday night revealed that hundreds of people have already been displaced by the violence as houses and other critical infrastructure were destroyed while a number of domestic animals were rustled.
The EYEWITHNESS learnt that the violence was in connection to a dispute over some farmlands.

“The violence which occurred overnight between Waja and Lunguda ethnic nationalities was a fallout to a prolonged dispute involving a piece of land,” a source who do not want to be quoted told our reporter.

“Some of the communities affected by the violence which include; Mamsirme, Boshikiri, Zakawon and Burti were reportedly burnt down to ashes,” a source told our reporter.

The conflict, was said to have been sparked by dispute over farmland ownership, causing the destruction of lives and property worth millions of naira.

Adamawa state Deputy Governor Chief, Crowther Seth, in company of the Brigade Commander of the 23 brigade Yola, brigadier general Sani Gambo Mohammed, the Secretary to the State Government Bashiru Ahmad, the commissioner for education Hon Wilbina Jackson, member representing Guyuk Hon Adawa Donglock and the chairmen of both Lamurde and Guyuk, visited the scene, in the early hours of Wednesday  for on the spot assessment.

The Deputy Governor, who assured that government will investigate and bring perpetrators to book, warned against further escalation of the violence.

Investigation revealed that the recurring conflict which has intermittently occurred over the last few decades has claimed hundreds of lives and properties in the past.