At least 5 persons were feared dead in an ongoing ethnic violence in Tinno community, in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State
The violence erupted, following a disagreement between the Hausa community and Chabo tribe, after a motorcycle accident.
A source said: “The violence began around 9am, on Friday, and the fighting is still going as of 3pm. You can hear the sound of gunshots from the background as we talk.
“As I am talking to you now, we counted the corpses of 5 persons, and there are no security personnel drafted in the area yet”, a resident of the area who asked not to be named for security reasons, said.
The State Police Spokesperson, Sulaiman Nugroje, confirmed the incident, but did not give details.