Four injured after land dispute, community clash in Adamawa

Four people have sustained serious injuries after a clash between two communities in Yola South Local Government of Adamawa State.

It was learnt on Tuesday that a house was also burnt down in the course of the clash that resulted from a land dispute between the people of Njoboli and those of nearby Njoboliyo.

A source said two residents of Njoboli were injured while one house was razed down following the attack.

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The Adamawa State Government however appealed for calm, stressing that the crisis was neither ethnic nor religious but a misunderstanding between two otherwise friendly neighbours which went out of control but which has now been curtailed.

Addressing newsmen at the Government House over the matter on Tuesday, the state Director General in charge of Media and Communications, Solomon Kumanga, said, what happened was a boundary dispute between the people of Njoboli and those of Njoboliyo in Yola South.

He added that the people who have lived harmoniously for ages are neighbours who inter-marry and have long co-existed peacefully.

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