Tag: Taraba State

Insecurity: Terrorists kill three siblings after collecting N60m ransom in Taraba

Aminu Imam

Bandits in Taraba State have reportedly killed three abducted siblings after collecting N60 million ransom from their father, alongside a motorcycle rider. A source disclosed that the killing of the abducted children took place on Christmas Day, at a forest near Garin-Dogo, in the Lau local government area of the State. According to the source, “The abductors initially requested N100m from the father of the children, who is a cattle-dealer, identified as Alhaji Musa, but later settled for N60m after negotiation”. The source explained that the motorcycle rider who the…

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Insecurity: Bandits kill 16, abduct several others in Taraba communities

Aminu Imam

No fewer than sixteen persons in different communities of Taraba State have been killed by gunmen. According to reports, the bandits stormed the communities in their numbers at the weekend and whisked away several persons. The communities invaded by the attackers are Gidado and Garinkuka villages in Gunduma district, of Mutum-Biyu chiefdom, in Gassol local government area. A staff of the local government council, who gave his name as Abdullahi Chul, said the attackers who invaded the communities in their numbers, accessed the villages with motorbikes. Chul said the attackers,…

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60 killed, dozens displaced in Taraba communities

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At least 60 people had been killed and thousands displaced in recent attacks on communities in Ussa, Takum and Yangtu Special Development Area by suspected herdsmen. The member representing the Ussa State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Habila Anderifun, disclosed this at a press conference in Jalingo, yesterday. Anderifun said the communities had come under coordinated and sustained attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen who had dislodged thousands of people from their ancestral homes and forced them into Internally Displaced Persons’ camps. The lawmaker, who likened the invasion…

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Bomb explosion rocks cattle market in Taraba

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No fewer than three persons have been confirmed killed following a bomb explosion that rocked a drinking joint at a cattle market in Iware Community, a suburb of Ardo-Kola local government area of Taraba State. At least 19 other persons have also been confirmed injured and receiving treatment at various health centres within the community and beyond. The Police Public Relations Officer Abdullahi Usman confirmed this to newsmen via a telephone interview. He noted that this is the second time such an explosion is taking place with the first at…

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Terrorists take over 13 Taraba communities, chase away policemen, sleep with housewives

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Terrorists, locally dubbed bandits, have reportedly taken over at least 13 communities in the Gassol and Karim Lamido local government areas of Taraba State. According to reports, the worst affected by the bandits’ activities is the Kambari community. Kambari village, in the Karim Lamido local government area, is located on the bank of River Benue, which is not far away from the border of Plateau State. The town and other neighbouring villages are also surrounded by thick forests and without access roads, which make it a haven for criminals. The…

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Taraba: 3 killed, many abducted as terrorists attack mosque during breaking of fast

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Terrorists have attacked a mosque while worshippers were breaking their fast on Tuesday, killing three persons. It was learnt that the attackers, numbering about 50, also abducted many worshippers from the mosque and took them to an unknown location. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Baba Juli village, in Bali local government area of Taraba State. The terrorists had sometime last month reportedly attacked the village but were forced to flee after a serious exchange of fire. A resident of the village, who spoke to newsmen but preferred…

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Taraba: Gunmen abduct worshippers inside mosque

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Gunmen have attacked a Mosque at Tella town in Gassol local government area of Taraba State, abducting four worshippers. A resident of Tella, Suleiman Rabiu, told newsmen that the gunmen, roughly twelve in number, surrounded the mosque at about 7.12 p.m and abducted worshipers who were observing Isha’i prayers. According to him, the gunmen, after disrupting the prayer session, led out the worshipers from the mosque at gunpoint. The gunmen, he added, later released one person and took the remaining to an unknown location. Among those reportedly abducted are Alhaji…

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Senator raises alarm over threat to Nigeria’s sovereignty

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…Says Southern Cameroonian separatists invade Taraba, kill village head The invasion of Manga community in Takum local government area by Ambazonia separatists from Southern Cameroon has drawn the ire of a senator representing Taraba-South, Emmanuel Bwacha. The invasion has made the lawmaker raise the alarm that Nigeria’s territorial sovereignty is under threat. Coming under a point of order, the lawmaker, during the commencement of plenary, bemoaned the killing of the village head of Manga community and some residents. Manga village is 20 kilometers away from Kashimbilla Dam. According to him,…

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Taraba: Miyetti-Allah hands over 11 kidnappers, gun runners to Police

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The leadership of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN), has handed over 11 suspected kidnappers and gun runners to the Police . The suspects were handed over to Taraba State Police commissioner, Abimbola Sokoya, at Maraban kunini, on Sunday. They were presented during the formal inauguration of a 16-man committee set up to tackle criminal activities, especially kidnapping. The chairman of the Miyyetti Allah Cattle breeders Association in the state, Sahabi Tukur, said this was done in response to pledge made before the Emir of Muri Alhaji Abbas Tafida, and state…

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Taraba Polytechnic matriculation turns bloody as students injure one another in ethnic clash

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There was confusion at the Taraba State Polytechnic matriculation ceremony yesterday, after students engaged in a freestyle skirmish, injuring each other during an ethnic clash. According to reports, the 28-year-old academy organised registration a week ago at the academy’s campus located in Jalingo. However, the ceremony turns to blood amid clashes between the school’s Jukun and Kuteb students during a cultural showcase of the admitted. Jukun is traditionally located in the states of Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa and Gombe States and in the north-western regions of Cameroon; on the…

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