Two Feared Dead In Fresh Adamawa Community Clash

Two people are feared dead following renewed violence between the Chobo and Bachaman communities in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The latest clash, linked to a long-running land dispute, reportedly broke out on Saturday night and continued into the early hours of Sunday, March 8, 2026.

Confirming the development, the spokesman for the Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said officers were alerted after armed youths stormed the area.

“We received a report last night that suspected Chobo youths invaded Lamurde town and were shooting sporadically, prompting the Bachaman youths to mobilise and confront them,” Nguroje told Punch.

He said security personnel had since been deployed to the troubled community to restore calm and prevent further bloodshed.

“We are yet to receive full casualty reports, but any development in that respect will be communicated immediately,” he said.

Residents told Punch that the two victims were attacked in the early hours of Sunday while heading to church. Their identities had not been confirmed at the time of publishing this report.

The incident is the latest escalation of a dispute that has repeatedly turned deadly. In less than six months spanning 2025 and 2026, more than 30 people, many of them women, have reportedly been killed in related violence between the neighbouring communities.

In 2025, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri convened leaders of the warring groups at the Government House in Yola in an effort to broker peace. The meeting produced a truce, but it lasted only briefly.

Just three days after the agreement, fresh fighting broke out and left more than 18 people dead.

Authorities had recently lifted a curfew in Lamurde after relative calm returned to the area.

At the time of writing this report, the Adamawa State Government had yet to issue an official statement on the latest violence.