Thirty people have been arrested for alleged involvement in a communal clash in Tigno, a town in Lamurde local government area of Adamawa State.
The Adamawa State Police Command stated this in a statement Monday adding that further investigations were on.
Recall that violence had broken out between the Hausa and Chobo communities in Tigno on Thursday night through Friday morning, with more isolated attacks up to Sunday despite a visit to the place by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri on Friday.
As of Sunday, it was speculated that close to 40 people had died and about 50 others injured, with hundreds displaced after their houses were burnt down.
The statement by the Police, signed by the command’s spokesman, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said Dane guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.
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Recalling that the state government had on Sunday imposed a curfew on the Lamurde LGA to curb the violence in Tigno, Nguroje he said police operatives as well as operatives from sister agencies were working to enforce the curfew.
According to Nguroje a taskforce team comprising police and other security agents has been deployed to augment the strength of the Area Commander, Numan, and DPO Lamurde to enforce the government directives.
He urged residents to comply the curfew and corporate with the security operatives.
