Mary Talmon is one of the nine women killed on Monday 8 December 2025, when the military opened fire during a protest over lingering communal clashes at Lamurde in Adamawa state.

The Nigerian authorities must transparently and impartially investigate this alleged horrific use of excessive force by the military.

The Nigerian authorities’ response to the communal violence between Bachama and Chobo tribes is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective.

In cases where the Nigerian security agencies did respond to communal violence, as it happened in Lamurde LGA on Monday 8 December 2025, they use excessive or unlawful force resulting in even more deaths and destruction.