Few hours after governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state cried out that the state was going be attack in ten days, unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attack and killed four persons in Ngutsen village of Wurojam ward in Gasol local government area of Taraba state.
An eye witness account said that the attackers arrived the village at about 9 pm on Thursday.
The eye witness who refused to put his name on record said the the attackers were with sophisticated arms and also in large number.
“The came in our village in large number, is by the grace of God that we escaped from the village. We were having sleepless nights since the rumor of the landing of Helicopter close to our village here, we were able alert our people”
“Though four persons were killed, two women and two men, several people were injured and they are taking treatment at several hospitals as we speaks”
Wurojam is about 20 kilometers away from Jibu village where the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Governor Darius Ishaku Bala Danhabu recently alleged that a Helicopter landed with arms.
As at the time of this report, the Gosol local government chairman was already at the scene of the incident with the Divisional Police Officer DPO of the local government.
When called the Police Public’s Relation Officer, David Misar said he was yet to be briefed over the incident.The police are yet to make official statement on the matter.
