13 persons killed, over 1,000 others rendered homeless in Adamawa

No fewer than thirteen persons were feared killed in Guyuk local government area of Adamawa state following a communal clash between border communities of Adamawa and Gombe States.

The development was made known to Channels Television in a telephone interview by the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency ( ADSEMA) Mohammed Suleiman in Yola, the Adamawa state capital.

According to him, the communal clash was a spillover from the crises that erupted in the neighbouring Gombe state between the Waja community of Gombe state and the Lunguda community of Adamawa.

Three villages of Walu, Falu, and Lamza were completely razed and several people injured as a result of the clash and were receiving medical attention in Guyuk Cottage hospital and other primary healthcare facilities in Guyuk while severe cases were at the Yola Specialist Hospital receiving treatment.

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According to the Executive Secretary of ADSEMA, over one thousand two hundred (1,200) displaced persons were presently being accommodated at the Guyuk Primary School in Guyuk local government area of Adamawa state and more were being registered into the camp for those displaced by the communal clash.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa Command Suleiman Yahya told Channels Television in Yola that they had yet to receive any report of the number of casualties.

He however assured our correspondents that normalcy had been restored in the affected communities as more security operatives had been deployed in the area.

This is not the first time these two communities have been involved in communal clashes resulting in the burning of villages, loss of many lives, and property worth millions of naira.

This fresh incident came on the heels of previous clashes between the communities slightly over a year ago resulting in the loss of lives and property.