Adamawa communities have been killing each other for months and the curfews are not working
Two people are dead, and a community is under lockdown again in Adamawa State, after fresh violence broke out between the Chobo and Bachama communities in Lamurde Local Government Area.
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Lamurde LGA for the fourth time in less than six months, directing security agencies to enforce it strictly and warning that anyone found violating it would be arrested.
The directive takes effect immediately and will remain in place until further notice.
The pattern is becoming difficult to ignore. Fintiri had previously brokered a peace deal between the two groups, but the truce collapsed almost immediately, and the governor had only just lifted the last curfew, believing stability had returned.
At the root of the conflict are lingering farmland disputes and demands by the Chobo community for a separate traditional chieftaincy from the Bachawa council, grievances that curfews alone have repeatedly failed to resolve. The protracted crisis has claimed over 30 lives, particularly women.
TheCable reports that security agencies have been deployed across Lamurde to enforce the curfew and prevent further breakdown of order.
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