11 Kill€d, Houses R∆zed As Suspected Chobo Militants Att∆ck Adamawa Communities

11 Killed, Houses Razed As Suspected Chobo Militants Attack Adamawa Communities

Residents told SaharaReporters that the violence began in the early hours of Thursday when armed men stormed Gyakan between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. before advancing to Kwah, about 20 kilometres away.

Suspected Chobo militia fighters have killed at least 11 people and razed scores of buildings in coordinated attacks on Kwah and Gyakan communities in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

Residents told SaharaReporters that the violence began in the early hours of Thursday when armed men stormed Gyakan between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. before advancing to Kwah, about 20 kilometres away.

According to a local source, Hindi Livinus, who spoke from one of the affected villages, the attackers, riding on motorbikes and armed with AK-47 rifles and machetes, unleashed what he described as an unprovoked assault on defenceless residents.

“The attackers came in large numbers, shooting and burning houses. In Gyakan alone, we recovered 10 bodies, while one person was killed in Kwah. Over 400 houses have been destroyed,” Livinus said.

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He added that many victims were cut down while attempting to flee, with some bodies bearing machete wounds and others riddled with bullets. Survivors have reportedly been unable to return to bury their dead as the assailants continue to lay siege to parts of Gyakan.

Eyewitnesses said the attackers also looted food supplies and livestock, leaving displaced residents stranded and hiding in nearby areas without aid.

The latest violence is believed to be linked to the lingering inter-communal conflict between the Chobo and Bachama ethnic groups over land disputes, which has reportedly claimed more than 200 lives in the past year. However, residents of the affected communities insist they were not involved in the earlier clashes.

Livinus blamed the scale of destruction on the delayed response of security agencies, noting that distress calls made since the onset of the attack had yet to yield intervention as of the time of filing this report.

Efforts to reach the Adamawa State Police Command for confirmation were unsuccessful, as the spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje, did not respond to multiple phone calls.