Bandits have again killed no fewer than sixteen persons in different communities of Taraba State.<\/p>\n
Communities invaded by the attackers are Gidado and Garinkuka villages in Gunduma district of Mutum-Biyu chiefdom in Gassol Local Government Area.<\/p>\n
Confirming the attack, a staff of the local government, who gave his name as Abdullahi Chul, said the attackers who invaded the communities in their numbers, accessed the villages with motorbikes.<\/p>\n
Chul said the attackers, on arriving in the communities, were shooting sporadically, adding that several other persons escaped with gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n
Few weeks ago, bandits, it would be recalled, blocked roads in the council where a truck driver was killed and travellers in their numbers abducted.<\/p>\n
Also confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Usman, admitted that there was an attack on the council.<\/p>\n
He told our correspondent that the command was on top of the situation, as efforts to get at the bandits were in motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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