The Taraba Police Command on Sunday confirmed a fresh violence outbreak between Wurkun and Karimjo people of Karim-Lamido Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Usman Abdulahi, the command’s public relations officer, who confirmed the development to newsmen in Jalingo, noted that the violence started at the early hours of Saturday with “guerilla attacks.”
Abdullahi, who said the number of casualty was yet be ascertained, noted that a joint security team of military and the police have been drafted to the area to calm the situation.
“In the last few days, there have been pockets of guerilla attacks between Karimjo and the Wurkun people in the area.
“It has been either the Karimjos attack the Wurkuns and the Wurkuns attack in return or, the Wurkuns attack the Karimjos and they also attack in return before the Karimjos eventually launched a heavy one on the Wurkuns at around 3am on Saturday”. He said.
Meanwhile, Wurkun Youth Ambassadors World Wide, a pressure group which condemned the attacks appealed to Gov Agbu Kefas to deploy more security personnels to restore normalcy in the area.
The group’s spokesman, Mr. Seth Sule, who said Garin Marwa, Sarkin Kudu, Sallamin Kala and Yashi pena Communities were attacked at the same time, called on the warring factions to sheathe their swords and embrace peace.
