Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama disclosed the development via his X handle, citing intelligence sources that traced the origin of the violence to a land-related altercation that occurred on May 9.
According to Makama, the violence was triggered when Buhari Malamby, a young man from Bandawa community, confronted two Fulani herders whose cattle allegedly grazed into his farmland.
The encounter turned violent, and a group of youths from the area reportedly attacked the herders with machetes. Malamby was said to have lost his life in the fracas, sparking outrage among Bandawa residents.
In a retaliatory move, youths from Bandawa reportedly slaughtered several cattle in the surrounding bush, an act that provoked reprisal attacks by armed Fulani youths.
