Gunmen kill three police officers, woman in Taraba

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Taraba State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of three of their officers in a communal crisis between Ndaka and Bissaula in the Kurmi local government area of Taraba State.

Police Public Relations Officer, DSP. Usman Abdullahi confirmed the killing of the officers said, they were overpowered by a yet to be identified militia group and killed in Bissaula.

This is coming barely one month after governor Darius Ishaku has set up a Commission of Inquiry into the crisis between the two communities and is been headed by Mr Shehu Vocks.

Reacting to the incident, the youth Leader of Bissaula, Mr Jibrin Garba in a statement made available to journalists on Monday in Jalingo, alleged that the Ndaka militiamen who carried out the attack also killed an elderly woman and destroyed property worth millions of naira.

Garba also alleged that Ichen people in Bissaula town have come under a series of unprovoked, but premeditated attacks by Ndaka militia despite peace efforts by the government and stakeholders.

“As a peace-loving and law-abiding people, we welcomed the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Governor, with the hope that peace would be restored and we encourage our people who were displaced to return to Bissaula.

“Unfortunately, Ndaka militia struck again and killed three Mobile Policemen who were deployed to restore normalcy and their service rifles were taken away.

“We condemn these attacks and killing of the three policemen and our people by Ndaka militia, we called on the government to investigate the attacks and ensure that the perpetrators and their accomplices are apprehended and the service rifles of the slain policemen recovered.”

The Youth Leader expressed hope that the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry by Governor Darius Ishaku will unravel the cause of the crisis and proffer a lasting solution.

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