An unprovoked attack by armed men, suspected to be the Jukun militia, in Tse Ajogo village, Wukari Local Government Area, Taraba State, has claimed the lives of fewer than 17 persons.
The armed men, according to security expert Zagazola Makama, coordinated the attack on returning Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the village on Wednesday at about 6 am, leading to the death of 17 persons, while others are still missing.
The attackers were said to have stormed the village with dangerous weapons, firing indiscriminately at residents and IDPs.
Quoting reliable sources, noted that the latest incident marks the second attack on returning IDPs in Tse Ajogo within a two-month period.
Makama said authorities have called for heightened vigilance in the area and urged troops to sustain patrols along key routes to protect resettling communities.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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