Gunmen kill eight travellers

Gunmen armed with AK 47 rifles, and suspected to be bandits on Monday attacked and killed seven travellers and their driver while travelling to Wukari from Takum town on the Takum-Wukari road in Taraba State.

Penpushing reports that a resident of Takum town, said to have noticed the body of the victims and the bullet-ridden vehicle, explained that the incident happened between Chanchangi town in Takum Local Government Area and Saa’yi village in Benue State.

The resident who preferred anonymity explained that the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle carrying the passengers and killed all of them, including the driver identified as Kabiru, on the spot, adding that the gunmen did not remove anything from the vehicle

Penpushing further reports that the resident added that the gunmen were suspected to be terrorists operating from a forest in Benue State, as the chairman of Takum Local Government Area, John Ali equally confirmed the incident to journalists.

“I was called in the early hours of today that a Toyota vehicle conveying passengers to Wukari was attacked along Chanchanji. I have informed the security agencies and they have visited the area, I am yet to be briefed’, he stated

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