Hostility: Gombe/Adamawa Neighbouring Communities In Battle
…As a soldier repelling attack, shot
BY WILLIAM ATTAH, GOMBE – Hostilities may have returned to some of the remote communities bordering Gombe and Adamawa States in the North East geo-political zone of the country following a fresh outbreak of violence in Nyuwar, Gombe State.
It was gathered that tension started to mount on Tuesday afternoon following the shooting of a Nigerian Army personnel who was trying to repel an attack on Nyuwar community by neighbouring Waja community.
An eyewitness in Nyuwar confirmed to newsmen in Gombe, through a telephone that the soldier was injured while trying to repel attacks on Nyuwar community by neighbouring Waja community which carried out similar attack on Nyuwar and Jessu in April 2021.
It was also gathered that the soldier was rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment while the attack on the community continued unabated as the combine team of security operatives stationed in the community was reportedly outnumbered by the attackers.
Several houses were alleged to have been touched while women, children and the aged were forced to escape to neighbouring communities to seek refuge.
In Jessu, a neighbouring community to Nyuwar, panicked residents were reported to be trooping out of the town for safety in their numbers.
Nyuwar and Jessu, the two Lunguda communities were reportedly attacked in April 2021 by the Waja community thereby forcing many residents to relocate to neighbouring communities for safety.
Efforts by our correspondent to get the Nigeria police reaction over the incident proved abortive as calls made to the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Mary Obed Malum were not answered nor the calls returned.
As at the time of filing this report, the State Commissioner for Information Julius Ishaya Lapes told our correspondent that he was still making consultations to get the true situation and promised to revert back as soon as he gets details on the matter.
