Two village heads have been reportedly killed by attackers suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Lawaru and Dong Communities in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa state.
The gunmen were said to have burnt down houses in the villages.
Meanwhile, the Police have said Fulani herdsmen killed six policemen on Monday in Adamawa state. The slain policemen had been called to a deadly clash between the herders and farmers over land.
“We lost six policemen in an ambush by suspected Fulani herdsmen,” Othman Abubakar, a spokesman for the Adamawa state police, told AFP.
“The police were on their way to Dowaya village, outside Numan (district), with the intention of disarming Fulani herders, who reports said were carrying arms.”
No arrests had been made in connection with the ambush, which occurred on Friday.
On November 20, at least 30 people were killed when farmers from the Christian Bachama ethnic group stormed four settlements of the Muslim Fulani herders in Numan district. Herders representatives gave a higher death toll and said women and children were among those killed as they tried to flee.
