Suspected Fulani mercenaries, in the early hours of Monday,
attacked some villages in the Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State and
killed 15 persons. Many, reports said, were still missing.
Following the Monday attack there was massive movement of
people from Donga Local Government, which is one of the areas in the state
where run-off election was billed to hold next Saturday.
Residents said the assailants first attacked and burnt Ayiase
village in Takum Local Government before heading for Tse-Gbaun and Gaza
villages in Donga.
One eyewitness told our correspondent that the gunmen killed
one Msugh Gaza and three of his sons in Gaza Village, while the three other
victims were killed in Tse-Gbaun and Ayiase villages.
The eyewitness said, “The attack happened in the early hours
of today (Monday), and the area is not safe as I talk to you, and as such we
cannot search for the other missing persons. But we have, so far, recovered
seven dead bodies.”
The Police spokesman in the state, Joseph Kwaji, said efforts
to reach the DPO of Donga for details of the attacks were unsuccessful as his
mobile phone was switched off.
However, an aide of the acting Governor of the state, Alhaji
Sani Danladi, said his boss had directed that military personnel be deployed in
the area to maintain peace and order.
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