Five confirmed killed in Taraba attack

No fewer than 5 persons were yesterday killed in Tapga Village of Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba state by armed militia group who attacked the village from the neighbouring Tarok Village of Plateau state.

Report says several others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the attack, while others abandoned Tapga village to take cover in other villages.

The injured victims of the attack have since been rushed to some clinics in Wukari and Ibi towns for urgent care. The reason for the attack is yet known, as tension was still on the rise when this report was been filed.

Eye-witnesses say some of the refugees have run to Jibo -a settlement of Wukari.

Chairman of Ibi council, Adamu Ishaku, who confirmed the attack and the killing to newsmen, said “the attackers took my people unawares”.

Ishaku said the intention of the attackers was to invade Sarki-Kudu village of his council, but when they couldn’t succeed,“they ended up lunching the attack on the unsuspecting residents of Tapga,”

Culled from Daily Post