Suspected herdsmen on Wednesday, killed five members of a family in Mbiya village, Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State.
The suspected herdsmen said to be about 20 in number, stormed the family's farmland in the early hours of Wednesday and burnt alive Sunday Sabo, the head of the family and slaughtered his wife and children.
Confirming the attack, the chairman of the local government, Shiban Tikare, said the man, his wife and children were slaughtered like chickens.
“By the time we got there, the family of five, a man, his wife and children were slaughtered like chickens,” he said.
The chairman, who lamented the killings, wondered how the attackers were able to carry out their dastardly act in the area despite the extension of Exercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) in the area.
Expressing displeasure over the mode of operation of the army in the area, Tikari stated that rather than comb the bushes in the villages to flush out the attackers, they are busy brutalising his people in the town, saying the army exercise is not yielding the desired result.
Also confirming the incident, Senior Special assistant to the Taraba State Governor on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan Abu, also said the suspected herdsmen were armed with dangerous weapons including an AK- 47.
“The family was asleep at the time the attackers stormed the community. Sources said they were more than 20, all of them armed with guns and cutlasses. The herds later headed for Bassa village where they also set houses ablaze,”
Former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Dajuma at the recent graduation ceremony of the state university, called on the state residents to arm themselves against bandits and herdsmen, alleging that the military is colluding with the bandits and herdsmen to attack the state residents. The Military has since denied the allegation.
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