A woman, identified as Cecilia Emberga
Agammbuee, whose three children were beheaded
on October 30 at Disol village in Gasol local
government area of Taraba State by yet to be
identified men, has cried out for justice.
The bereaved mother, who narrated her story in Tiv
told the Vanguard she has only one child left.
She said the three slain children were her 10-year-
old girl, identified as Terdors, who is also the
eldest; 8-year-old Terna Embelga, a boy; and
another girl, Sulumshima Embelga, 6.
According to her, the three of them went to have
their bath in a nearby stream called Jookwa
alongside eight other children in the evening of
October 30.
She narrated, “When they (all the 11 children)
finished swimming, they decided to fetch water
with their buckets for their use at home.
“On their homeward journey along the bush path,
two men suddenly emerged from a farm rice and
grabbed one of my three children in the group by
the neck.
“While the other children in the group threw away
the buckets of water they were carrying amid the
ambush and ran for their dear lives, my two other
children decided to fight back and rescue their
sibling from the assailants.
“The escaped children brought the news home.
Immediately, my husband, fellow villagers and I
mobilised to the scene of the attack where we
found the headless bodies of the three children in
the pool of their blood. It was horrifying.
“Beholding the headless bodies, I thought I would
die. There were other items lying on the ground at
the scene of the crime.
“The items include a weird looking cap, substances
believed to be hard drugs and a blood stained shirt.
“We didn’t see the heads of the children. They may
have been taken away for ritual purposes.
“I had four children. With three of them killed in
cold blood, I am left with only one that I am
breastfeeding. It all shows the seriousness of the
insecurity in the land.”
Taraba State Police Command Public Relations
Officer, ASP David Misal, confirmed the incident
and said the command was investigating the crime,
adding that no arrest has been made so far.