At least five persons were on Thursday feared killed and many injured in Taraba during President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign in the northeastern state. Two were said to be in critical state.
Governor Ishaku’s convoy was also attacked on its way out of the
All of the governor’s posters and billboards and those of Atiku Abubakar in the State capital, Jalingo, were mutilated.
Bala Dan Abu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Governor Darius Ishaku, who confirmed the incident, condemned the “unfortunate bloodletting” and faulted security agents for negligence of duty.
Abu, who briefed reporters in Government House said: “The deputy governor’s car and several other cars in the convoy, including that of the commissioner of police and a Special Adviser to the governor, were damaged.
“The thugs, most of whom were imported from neighbouring states to create the false impression that APC enjoys a large following in the state, came heavily armed.
“They carried guns, cutlasses and sticks, which they displayed openly and in the full glare of security agents who merely looked the other way,” Abu said.
“They were given cover by the security agencies who fired gunshots to scare away those who may dare to confront them… The Taraba State government will no longer fold its arms while innocent people are being killed and maimed,” Abu said.
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