Police refutes fake security alert on communal clash in Adamawa

From Umar Dankano,Yola

The Adamawa state Police Command has refuted a supposed security alert reported by a government official that a communal clash has erupted between the Waja and Lunguda Communities in which six (6) people lost their lives in Lamurde local government area in the state.
Spokesman of the command, S.P Suleiman Nguroje in a press release issued in Yola, Monday, debunked the claim, describing it as “a very disturbing fake news being circulated on the social media by some mischief makers”.
In the release, the Command said that the whole incident had to do with an allegation of witchcraft slammed against some villagers residing in jakan village of Sowa ward in Lamurde council in the state.
He dismissed the claims, noting that, preliminary findings have indicated that the matter was a case of witchcraft allegation made by a native doctor against six (6) people killed illegally based on traditional belief in jakan village of Sowa ward in Lamurde council.
“The Adamawa State Police Command came across a very disturbing fake news going round the social media that Six(6) people were killed as a result of clashes between Lunguda/Waja.
“The content portrays the writer’s assertions of claiming that there were Lunguda/Waja clashes resulting in multiple biolent killings. There’s no iota of truth in the story.
“To put the record straight, on the 14/9/2024, one Dogara Sabon Reza and Jeri Dogara reported at Tigno Divisional Police Headquarters that, One Salestina Bala 30yrs old, a resident of Kwa village in the same Lamurde local government and her collaborators conspired, tortured and killed three accused of witchcraft.
“The complainants gave the names of the victims of the brutal killing ; as Lazarus Bashiru, Galion Isa, and Ajasko Yakubu as the Command unequivocally condemned such acts.”