Joachim Dangana Peters.

The Taraba State Commissioner of  Power, Badina Garba escaped death in a whisk on Wednesday.


The incident occurred around nine o'clock in the evening on Wednesday at Jatau Village along Bali Takum road when the Commissioner, team of surveyors, and others were traveling from Sardauna to Kurmi Local Government Area.

According to a source who spoke to Rhapsodi Affos Blog RAB reporter, the gunmen in their usual pranks disguised themselves and barricaded the road with wood and a vehicle and later launched a heavy attack on the Commissioner and his entourage shooting sporadically but could not succeed through the effort of the gallant security personnel attached to the team.

It is somewhat a kidnap attempt, though despite the exchange of shooting between the security men and the men of the underworld no case of death was recorded except injuries sustained by two persons from the entourage of the Commissioner.

Speaking to the newsman after the incident, the commissioner thanked God for their safety and appealed for more security personnel to aid protection of lives and property around the axis.

Recent reports indicate that the Bali Takum and Kurmi road is not safe with increasing criminal activities.


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Recall that the commissioner  recently through the support of Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku carried out an assignment bothering on sensitization of critical stakeholders and Citizens of the State on the Mambilla Hydro Electricity Project

Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, an effort to contact State Police Public Relations Officer of the Taraba state command, DSP David Misal to react proved abortive as he could not pick his phone.