At least five persons have been reported killed in a clash between the two border towns of Nyuwar and Jessu made up of Waja people of Gombe and Lunguda of Adamawa state, respectively.
Gombe state Police Commissioner, Ishola Babatunde Babaita confirmed the communal clash between Lunguda and Waja.
Mr. Babatunde made the confirmation in a phone interview with Blueprint in Gombe on Tuesday. The CP could not however provide the specific number of casualties.
A resident of Nyuwar, Kabiru Abubakar Suleiman who also spoke to our reporter on phone however said 8 persons were killed, while many were injured during the attack by the Waja militant who attacked the Lunguda communities.
“Lunguda community of Nyuwar and Jessu in Balanga local government area of Gombe state came under heavy attack in the early morning of 13th April, 2021 by some youth,” he said.
A source from the area, Monday Ishaya told Blueprint that the attack might be a reprisal on the Lunguda communities resulting from Lunguda/Waja crisis in Dumna and Lafiya in Adamawa state early last year.
To douse tension, Gombe state Governor Inuwa Yahaya has imposed a 24- hour curfew on Nyuwar, Jessu and Yolde communities in Balanga local government area with immediate effect.
Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, said the decision followed the violence that erupted in the communities, saying security personnel had been deployed to restore normalcy.
