A family of seven, including an unborn baby, have
been confirmed killed in an attack on Gidan Sarkin
Noma in lbbi Local Government Area of Taraba State,
a boundary between Plateau and Taraba states.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Joseph
Kwaji, said the incident happened on Friday, at about
midnight.
Kwaji said: “The Divisional Police in charge of the
area, including the Divisional Police Officer, have
been drafted to the area, which is the boundary of
Plateau and Taraba states.”
An eyewitness, Mallam Ilayasu Sabo, said: “We were
forced to run inside River Benue and cross to the
other side of the river, because the attackers came
with sophisticated weapons, shooting randomly.”
Sabo said the affected family were given mass burial,
as their bodies were badly affected.
According to him: “Another person was killed
yesterday at Gungun Abdullahi by the same attackers
suspected to be Jukun Bannu.”
A relation of the one of the victims, Kabiru Usman
Jibbu, said: “People in the area are now living in fear,
as no one knows whether the attackers will revisit.”
Jibbu called on the authority of Ibbi Local
Government Area and the Special Military Task Force
in Plateau State to intensity patrol of the affected
boundary, to avoid further killing.
The people of the boundary between Plateau and
Taraba states have not known peace, following the
hostilities that resulted in the killing of seven soldiers
in the area by some militants last year.

Culled from Taraba facts