Musa Affos (Rhapsodi), Jalingo


Unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have on Friday murdered the secretary to Lau Chiefdom in Taraba state, Mallam Abdullahi Aboki, his wife, Adama Aboki, and his 3-Months-old baby, Abubakar.


It was gathered from a community source that the gunmen stormed his house in Kunini town at about 1 AM at the dawn of Friday morning, numbering up to 10 and heavily armed and forced their way into his house and started sporadic shootings on him which led to his instant death.

It was further gathered that the gunmen on entering into the victim's house ordered him to open doors to the house but he refused and rather raised an alarm but nobody came to his rescue before the gunmen eventually gained entry into the house.


According to our source, the three months child was shot on the leg and the leg amputated.

As of the time of filing this report, both his wife, Adama and her child are currently on admission at the Federal Medical Center Jalingo, the state capital.


The spokesperson of the Taraba police command, DSP David Misal has confirmed the incident.