June 5, 2026

By : Christopher Ameh, Bauchi

Seven lives have been lost to a farmer-herder clash in Lanzai Dosho villages, Darazo local government area of Bauchi South.

Police said that there was a violent clash between the locals, which resulted in loss of lives and destruction of property.

A statement by the spokesperson of the Bauchi State Police Command, SP Nafiu Habib, on Thursday stated that the incident occurred on Monday, 4th June 2026, at about 09:20am. He explained that the Command received a distress report that suspected “Fulani men attacked farmers who were applying local fertilizer on their farm at the outskirts of Lanzai, Lanzai Community, Darazo LGA.”