ADAMAWA COMMUNITY CRIES OUT OVER ATTACKS, ACCUSES EX-DIG, PERM SEC

Dingle Uboh Clan of Mayah in Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa state has cried out over incessant attacks on its community by Wanela Wagowang Clan in the LGA.

The community accused the former Deputy Inspector General of Police(DIG), Philemon Leha, and the erstwhile Permanent Secretary Ministry for LG Affairs, Kenedy Dauda, for masterminding the attacks.

It called on Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, to intervene by constituting an investigative panel to unravel the circumstances surrounding the attacks and penalise those found wanting regardless of their status in the society.

The community cried out over the attacks, while addressing newsmen at the Press Center in Yola, the State Capital on Thursday.

The spokesman of the community, Chindo Hebron, told newsmen that they were delegated to come and address press in order to let the world know their plight.

Chindo, disclosed that the recent attack in their community left 8 people severely wounded due to matchete cut and gun shots; hence, their decision to seek the help of press. 

"From our investigations, we have sufficient evidence to believe that Mr. Kennedy Dauda and DIG Philemon Leha (rtd) of Wanela Wagowang Clan are the forces behind the attacks".He alleged.

"As I am addressing to you now hundreds of our women, children, and the aged have been displaced from their fatherland because they do not have someone to fight for them as they neither have connection nor the resources to stage reprisal attacks". He lamented. 

He further alleged that the leader of the rampaging youth, Nehemiah Garba, has been using guns to threaten their youths, saying that they were also aware how Mr. Kennedy often bail him whenever he is arrested by police and how he frustrates any plan to charge him to court for prosecution.

He said that it is a documented fact the large farmland which is the subject of contention is situated in Dingle community and has been under the control of their family for decades before the Wanela Wagowang Clan arrived after escaping from crisis in their native land to settle there.

He alleged that Wanela Wagowang Clan was later granted the right and privilege to live and farm but illegally claimed ownership of many farmlands including the land that is at the conter of the conflict.

He said that the annexation of their ancestral land which started in 2019, snowballed into full fledged crisis leading to the destruction of property worth millions of naira. 

Chindo Hebron added that the unrest continued unabated in stages, leading to the recent one where their young promising stars were beaten to pulp, while some were grueomely shot with guns leading to life threatening injuries and currently receiving treatment at the Numan General Hospital.