ARMY DENIES SHOOTING WOMEN PROTESTERS IN ADAMAWA
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BY UTHMAN MOHAMMED
The Nigerian Army’s 23rd Brigade in Adamawa State has said that their soldiers did not shoot at women who were protesting after a fight between groups in Lamurde, and they claim that no one was killed in the incident.
The Brigade said that neither the Commander nor his guards were at the scene when the violence happened, and they claimed the report was untrue and misleading.
In a statement on Tuesday, Captain Olusegun Abidoye, the spokesperson for 23 Brigade, rejected the claims in a document titled “Report of Purported Shooting of Women Protesters by Escorts to Brigade Commander, Absolutely False.”
According to the Brigade, a mix of Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and Department of State Services (DSS) troops got a call at around 1:35 a.m. on Monday, December 8, 2025, about violent clashes between the Bachama and Chobo communities in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The Army said the conflict was because of unresolved land issues and long–standing ethnic tensions between the two groups, affecting places like Tingno, Rigange, Tito, Waduku, and Lamurde town.
The Army maintained that no woman was shot or injured by its troops, stating that soldiers created a passage through the crowd and successfully secured the secretariat.
It also mentioned that while soldiers were staying at the Local Government Lodge, some villagers brought in two dead women, saying the soldiers had killed them. The Brigade denied this claim, saying the women were actually shot by random gunfire from local fighters.
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