The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a lecturer at the Federal University Wukari and the deputy registrar of Taraba State School of Health Technology, Takum, among others, in an attack by gunmen along the Takum-Wukari road early Monday morning.
According to DSP Kwache Gambo, the acting Police Public Relations Officer, the victims were passengers in a vehicle that was attacked by the gunmen. The incident occurred at a boundary area between Taraba and Benue states.
Among the victims was a secondary school principal who was transferred from a school in Takum to another school in Wukari Local Government Area. He was on his way to report to his new posting when he was killed.
The lecturer from the Federal University Wukari was returning to Wukari after spending the weekend with his family in Takum.
