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3 Killed As Gunmen Attack Taraba Community



Musa Affos (Rhapsodi), Jalingo


Three people have reportedly been killed after unknown gunmen suspected to be militias on Thursday attacked Taraba community.


Rhapsodi Affos Blog gathered that the gunmen who are suspected to be gang members of the late notorious Gana stormed Rafin Kada community, a suburb of Wukari local government area of Taraba State, three and injuring one person at about 2AM killing 3 people.

We gathered from a community source who is a resident of the community. According to the source, the gunmen came on motorcycles after it rained heavily in the village and numbered up to 20.

“They came through the community maternity clinic. We heard the sound of motorcycles. About 20 of them. The moment the bike stopped, there were shootings. We thought peace had finally returned. We were not expecting an attack at this planting season,” he said.

The chairman of Wukari local government, Dr. Adi Daniel Grace, confirmed the incident to our reporter, said one Mr Numa Ladan, a security guard at the community hospital and Wando Bako a mother of five were shot alongside her daughter-in-law. Her daughter was shot in the leg, the chairman said.


Adi, who said he had visited the village and directed that the dead bodies be buried, noted that he had convened a security meeting with a view to finding a solution to the incessant attacks and killings in the area.

“Yes, one person was killed in Tor-Iorshagher, while one was wounded. Three persons were killed in Rafinkada and two sustained injuries.

“I am just back from Tor-Iorshagher and Rafinkada villages where the attacks happened.

“The two communities are relatively calm and we are going to have a security meeting to discuss a way forward,” he said.

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