Three police officers, vigilante leader killed in Taraba bandit attack

The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed that 3 constabulary officers and a section vigilante person were killed successful a bandit onslaught successful the state.

According to a connection issued by the bid connected Thursday successful Jalingo, the authorities capital, the incidental followed a distress telephone from a nonmigratory of Tordamisa Akate Ward, who reported an onslaught connected the colony by equipped men believed to beryllium bandits.

Police authorities said a effect team, led by the Divisional Police Officer of Donga and supported by Special Force operatives, was instantly deployed to the country successful a bid to reconstruct bid and safeguard residents.

Tragedy, according to the command, struck aft a deadly confrontation betwixt constabulary operatives and suspected bandits successful Tse Kwe Village, leaving 3 officers and a section vigilante person dead.

According to the statement, “Upon arrival, the officers came nether dense gunfire from the attackers, starring to a fierce exchange. In the people of the operation, the constabulary operatives engaged the bandits and successfully repelled the attack.”

The bid identified Corporal Raphael Danjuma, Police Constable Ebenezer Daniel, and Police Constable Samuel Bawa arsenic the officers who mislaid their lives successful the enactment of duty.
“Bawa had initially been declared missing earlier his assemblage was aboriginal recovered successful a adjacent b...