Youths of Lunguda, a community in Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa State,  are calling for the redeployment of the state’s Police Commissioner, CP Sikiru Kayode Akande.

The youths have accused the commissioner of taking sides in a communal conflict between Lunguda communities of Boshikiri, Kupthe and the Waja people from Lafiya.

CP Akande has also been accused of disrespecting their traditional ruler.

During a recent clash when the CP paid a visit to the area, he allegedly ordered the district head of Dumna( a Lunguda royal father) alongside other elders to lie down under the sun on the Gombe-Numan highway.

Youths in the community led by  Emma Emme Gwana, a journalist/public affairs analyst and Maliki T Kolou, a former Public Relations Officer of Guyuk LGA in the state, are calling for the redeployment of the commissioner in the interest of peace.

The two spoke to THE WHISTLER and have also taken to Facebook to ask the Inspector General of Police (IGP, Alkali Baba Usman, to redeploy the Commissioner for his inability to amicably manage the communal clashes in the area.

They also protested the alleged ill-treatment of their royal father, HRH Kuruhaye Dishon Dansanda II and the LGA chairman, Solomon Abafras, when he ordered one of the District Heads and other elders to lie on the ground.

 Emma Gwana said  the crisis between Lunguda and Waja started on Monday last week, and special troops were sent but later withdrawn on Wednesday.

He said when the crisis first began on Monday, it went on throughout the night where 6 people were reportedly killed and later buried on Tuesday. But 12 hours after the troops were withdrawn; the crisis broke out again at about 5pm.

The Wajas from Lafiya allegedly attacked Lunguda communities of Boshikiri and Kupthe, and the Lungudas countered the attacks and later crossed over to Lafiya for reprisals.

He said, “The next day, the CP and his entourage arrived at the scene, arrested the district head of Dumna and some respected elders and paraded them on the road, and when our chairman arrived there, he was asked to join them on the bare ground which he vehemently refused.

SOURCE: THE WHISTLER