Monday, June 17, 2024 - Several people were also injured in the attack which occurred in Mararaban Azagwa and Alele villages on Sunday, June 16, 2024,
According to Punch, trouble started when a man who was drunk and high on drugs
he took at Maihula market was found dead on his way home.
“It is an unfortunate development. The
relatives of the deceased, who later recovered his corpse, accused the Tiv
villagers where the man died of being responsible for the death of their
brother,” Abdul said.
“There was nothing actually to point to the
fact that the man was killed. He might have probably died from complications
arising from the alcohol and the drugs he took.
“But his relatives, who suspected that he
was killed by the Tiv villagers, mobilised and started attacking and killing
people."
The chairman, of Taraba State Tiv
Traditional Council, Zaki David Gbaa, who briefed journalists in Bali on the
development, said six people were killed and four others are in critical
condition in the hospital.
Gbaa identified those killed to include;
Aondohemba Salemkaan, Tersuugh Dondo, Terkuma Mbatim, Kumaga Ujam Asaaga Nev
and Tersoo Memga.
The Tiv leader, who condemned the attack,
however, commended the security agencies for their quick intervention to calm
the situation.
He expressed confidence that the attackers
would be arrested by security agencies and prosecuted, especially since all of
them lived in the community and could easily be identified.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command,
DSP Gambo Kwache, who confirmed the attack in a telephone interview, however,
said only two corpses were recovered by the police.
Gambo noted that no arrest has been made so far, but security operatives were combing the area in search of the attackers.
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