Fear and tension has griped the Tiv community of Taraba State Sunday, as yet to confirm number of people were brutally killed in the hub of Wukari, the home town of the newly inaugurated governor of Taraba state.

Sources said trouble started when Jukun Militia who had destroyed Tse-Akinde, a village in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State, clashed with gunmen suspected to be Tiv milita on their way back from the attack.

According to the sources, two persons were killed at the instance of the clash and were subsequently taken to Wukari town.

They said when the corpse arrived Wukari, the Jukun youth who were infuriated took laws into their hands resulting to killing of innocent persons.

Reports revealed that several persons were forcefully pulled out from vehicles and taken to unknown destinations, between Byepi and Takum Junction and between Federal University and Ioryina, Wukari-Zaki Biam road respectively.



Narrating the ordeal to our reporter on telephone, one of the women who narrowly escaped the attack stated that about six persons were pulled out and taken to an unknown destinations from the vehicle she boarded from Dan-Anacha to Zaki Biam.

“We just entered into the mammoth crowd of youth and women carrying different weapons and sticks in Wukari around Tsukundi Junction. They barricated the Federal road and when our driver stopped, they forcefully pulled out about six persons in our vehicle and took them in the bush.
“As am talking to you now, several persons are been chase and killed in and around the town.

Mr Aondonengen whose brother was a victim of the attacks said the corpse of his brother alongside another victim who could not escaped the attack were deposited in a mutually in Kyado, one of the nearby towns in Benue State.

Though the Local Government Boss, the Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) who is now in charge of the Council, could not be reached, the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, SP Abdullahi Usman confirmed the killings.