GUNMEN KILL 3 HERDERS INJURED 7 IN TARABA MARKET
An eyewitness, Mallum Kawu, a Cattle dealer while narrating the incident said, “People were busy buying and selling cattle, sheep and goats and farm produce” when gunmen suddenly appeared and opened fire. Three traders were killed instantly and 11 others injured as I am talking to you now’
Similarly, a used clothes trader, Josiah Bante said people fled in different direction to escape the violence, adding that the latest attack at the market was carried out at the peak of business Saturday afternoon.
He said, the attackers did not steal cows or any other merchandise at the market, indicating they only came to wreak havoc,.
The Taraba State Police Command Public Relations Officer, David Misal an Assistant Superintendent of Police, confirmed the attack on Sunday, adding that the police were informed of three deaths while seven persons sustained injuries.
Penpushing reports that, the police spokesman said, as at the time of filing this report, no arrests have been made, but stated that security measures in the area have been intensified to avoid further bloodshed.
He, however, stated that, no report made to the police but acknowledged the incident, saying ‘no one came to us and forwarded his or her complaint on the matter but the State Command had since deployed more police to area while the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area had been directed to investigate and forward findings to the headquarters’.
