Several houses have been razed and hundreds of residents displaced following a clash between two communities in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The conflict was said to have ensued between Hausa and Choba communities in Tingno, Lamurde. The Chairman of Lamurde Local Government Area, Mr. Burto Pwadyangakai William, said Friday that the crisis
Several houses have been razed and hundreds of residents displaced following a clash between two communities in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State.The Chairman of Lamurde Local Government Area, Mr. Burto Pwadyangakai William, said Friday that the crisis started Thursday evening over an argument among youths of the communities.
The Governor who led a high powered delegation that included his Deputy, Chief Crowther Seth, Secretary to the State Government, Malam Bashir Ahmad, the state police commissioner and other service chiefs, ordered that the displaced residents be given temporary camp at a primary school in nearby Lafia, a town in Lamurde LGA on the Yola-Gombe Road bordering Gombe State.
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