Gunmen killed party agent, five others in Taraba State.

The Police Command in Taraba state confirmed the killing of five persons by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday after the general elections in the state. 

Mr David Misal, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, made this  known while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo. 

The  deceased were coming from Umari to Cambri villages in Karim Lamido Local Government Ara when they were ambushed at about 3:00 a.m. by hoodlums and shot dead, Misal said.

He continued that, the killings had nothing to do with the elections. “Yes, five people were ambushed by hoodlums and shot dead in the early hours of Sunday in Karim Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba. 

"We are still  investigating on the incident,” he said. However, Mr Aaron Artimas, who is the spokesperson of the All progressives Congress (APC) in the Taraba, said one of the victims, Malam Muhammed Kambari, who is APC agent in his home town of Kambari and was coming from the village in the company of others when some gunmen suspected to be political thugs shot them dead. 

He said, “Kambari went to his home town of Kambari where he served as a party agent and was on his way back to Karim, the local government headquarters where they would proceed to Jalingo with the election results when he and four others were waylaid and killed. 

“We have reported to the police and so far nothing has come out of it yet but it is our hope that they will bring the perpetrators to book,” he said. 

Alhaji Inuwa Bakare, the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, described the death of the five persons as “most unfortunate” but maintained that the party had nothing to do with the incident.