A minimum of seven passengers, together with a college principal and a driver, have been killed at Sai village alongside Takum-Wukari Street whereas three others have been reportedly lynched by irate youths in Takum city, the headquarters of Takum native authorities space of Taraba State in response to the killing of the travellers.
The principal, Mr. Samuel Mbapuun, who was transferred from GDSS Takum to Ibi native authorities space of the State, was travelling alongside different passengers when the gunmen suspected to be bandits got here out of the bush with weapons and machetes to assault and kill the seven passengers, leaving a girl and a child to go.
The bandits, after killing the seven passengers, additionally proceeded and attacked farmers who have been working near the place the seven passengers have been killed.
LEADERSHIP gathered that instantly after the assault at Sai village, irate youths from Takum began rioting in Takum city, a state of affairs that led to the lynching of three individuals at Wukari junction inside Takum.
A famer, who was additionally a sufferer of the assault, Mr. Iorapuu Pila, who spoke to our correspondent on telephone, mentioned the bandits got here out of the forest situated close to Sai village alongside Takum-Wukari Street to assault the automobile that was conveying the passengers from Takum to Wukari at about 7:23am on Monday.
Pila, who’s presently receiving remedy at a hospital in Sai, mentioned himself and others have been engaged on their farm lands near the place the incident occurred when the incident occurred.
“We have been at work when the bandits numbering over 10 on bikes carrying weapons and machetes got here out of the bush to assault a automobile that was conveying passengers from Takum to Wukari.
“Earlier than we might flee from the world, a few of the bandits rushed at us, attacking us with machetes, 9 of us have been injured,” Pila narrated.
Info out there from Takum revealed that there was severe pressure over the killings.
When contacted, the Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Gambo Kwache, confirmed the incident, saying the Police Command was on high of the state of affairs.
