Three people have been killed and eight others injured in a clash between farmers and

herders in Kodomun, a community in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State

Eyewitness said, in the community long known for similar confrontations, the fresh

incident is said to have been triggered by the alleged killing of a youth in Kodomun by

suspected herders, and have flared afterwards, escalating to the neighbouring Kudiri,

Sabonlayi, Kwayine and Gorogbakai villages.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje said a

combined security team dispatched to the crisis area had restored normalcy, and a

meeting on the crisis was quickly held at the palace of the Hama Batta, Homun

Alhamdu Gladstone Teneke, and the paramount traditional leader in Demsa.

Addressing the meeting, the Executive Chairman of Demsa Local Government Council,

Akham Jalo, appealed for calm, and blamed both the farmers and the herders for

allegedly concealing the truth over the causes of the lingering crisis, and also urged the

farmers to always report the destruction of their crops to the authorities for

compensation, and warned the herders to restrain from grazing around farm areas to

avoid cattle straying into farms.

Earlier in his remark, the Hama Batta, Homun Alhamdu Gladstone Teneke said the

state government’s directives that herders withdraw their cattle during cropping and

rainy season until after harvest in February every year must be strictly complied with

and asked leaders of the warring groups to fish out the culprits in the latest clash and

submit their names for prosecution.