From Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo
Gunmen, suspected to be killer herdsmen, have killed at least Eight persons at Jenuwa Gida Nyifiye village in Takum local government area of Taraba state.
Spokesperson of the Taraba State Police Command through DSP Usman Abdulahi, who confirmed the incident said only three people were killed in the attack.
However, the traditional ruler of the village (HRH), Kwe Godson Danlami Wasa told reporters that the attackers numbering over 300 invaded the Jenuwa Nyifiye, a community close to the Army 93 Ada barracks in Takum and killed 8 people, burnt several houses without any challenge from the security.
Chief Danlami said, the killer herdsmen invaded the Kuteb Community when most villagers were retiring back from their farms.
“The attackers were numbering over 300 and our local vigilant could not repelled them considering the kinds of arms they were using. This Community is less than 2km away from the 93 army Ada barrack Takum but the soldiers did not help in the situation.
“Some of the victims were burnt beyond recognition. They burnt our houses freely without any challenge from the security.
“This same killer herdsmen have earlier attacked and killed many people in Mbiya, Tamiya Faenta Communities on Sunday. The bandits have several camps within and around Takum town, operating freely without Confrontations and the communities been attacked are all of Kuteb ethnicity.
“Between January 2022 to date, this same bandits have killed over Hundreds of our people with over 3000 houses destroyed while over 10,000 of the Kuteb people have been displaced” the traditional ruler narrated.
He appealed to the federal and State governments to intensify efforts to end the unprovoked attacks and killings on the Kuteb people.