The three-day crisis that erupted among Fulani and Mambilla settlements of Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba state has displaced over 1000 persons, and 340 homes were burnt.
Among those reportedly killed in the violence, including a personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS), while several others have been declared missing.
Among the affected settlements are Wuro Buba, Wuro Ardo Bashiru, Wuro Wakili Idrisa, Wuro Saleh Petel, Wuro Hassan Jaji, Wuro Alhaji Jibo, Wuro Alhaji Manu and Wuro Mbarkal, all within the Geroji community around the Mbamnga area.
According to sources, the crisis has forced people in the affected communities to flee their homes and seek refuge in neighboring communities and in neighboring Cameroon.
The violence, which began on September 16, 2026, has resulted in the loss of livestock, and some animals were either killed or rustled.
The chairman of Sardauna local government area, Alhaji Mohammed Umar, explained that the crisis started after a confrontation between a Mambilla woman and a Fulani man on a farm.
Umar who described the development as unfortunate, warned that anyone found attempting to undermine the peaceful coexistence among residents would face the full wrath of the law.
He said the state government had facilitated the deployment of security personnel to the affected areas to restore and maintain peace.
“Arrangements had been concluded for the repatriation of refugees who fled across the border to Nyang in the Donga-Mantung Division of Cameroon.
“Traditional institutions, development partners and humanitarian agencies should support the government program of resettlement, rehabilitation and reintegration of the displaced population,” he said.
One of the community leaders, Ardo Bashiru, who spoke with Journalists, said the scale of destruction had left hundreds of families facing severe humanitarian challenges.
“More than 340 houses scattered across the mountainous and difficult terrain of Geroji and Mbara were completely destroyed, alongside food stocks and other means of livelihood.
“Tonnes of foodstuff and other means of livelihood have been completely destroyed in the conflict that lasted for about three days from September 16, 2026,” Bashiru lamented.
He appealed to the federal and state governments, individuals, humanitarian organisations and other stakeholders to come to the aid of the victims.
The Chief of Mbamnga, Alhaji Abubakar Saleh, also appealed for calm, urging residents to preserve the unity and peaceful relationship that had existed among the communities for decades.
Saleh assured that traditional leaders and other stakeholders were working tirelessly to prevent a recurrence of the violence, which he described as the first major conflict of its kind in his domain.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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