Gunmen kill 50 in fresh attack in Taraba

Unknown gunmen yesterday struck residents of
Gidan Aku community on the outskirts Wukari
Local Government Area of Taraba State killing no fewer than 50 people with many seriously
injured.
According to reports, the men who stormed the
area with sophisticated weapons allegedly came
in from Nassarawa state and attacked the
residents while they were sleeping. They set the
whole place on fire forcing residents to flee into
nearby bushes for safety.
An eyewitness and also a lawyer in the
community, Luka Agbu said no security officer
came to their rescue during the attack
"The attackers were very hostile to us and
did not spare even children or the aged.
The attackers shot at people and burnt
houses at the same time without any
intervention by the security forces. We are
helpless here and we plead with the Federal
Government to deploy special troops to
rescue us from this unfortunate and deadly
attacks. Our people are being killed by gunmen, we are losing property on a daily basis. What kind of a country is this?" Agbu said
Meanwhile the state Governor, Umar Garba while interacting with journalist yesterday in his office in Taraba State said he has ordered 50 more policemen to the troubled zone to help the residents.
"We have deployed 50 soldiers from Yola to add
to the troops on the ground who were deployed
from Serti and Takum and with a reasonable
number of policemen on the ground, we hope
the situation would improve" he said
He also ordered the reopening of the General
Hospital in the Local Government which was
before now shut down due to the Dusk to Dawn
curfew imposed in the area. He also announced
that the 24hr curfew has been relaxed and
would start by 12noon- 6pm