Residents of Shinkai Village in Wukari regime space of Taraba State have fled their homes following associate alleged threat to rase down the village over the alleged killing of a soldier.

According to Malam Labaran Abdu, the leader of the community, armed men in uniform stormed the village on Sunday, March 24, 2019, and alleged that one amongst their men was killed within the suburbia of Shinkai and his rifle alienated.

“The community leaders in Shinkai told the armed men that they knew nothing concerning the incident, however they vulnerable that they’re going to wipe off the village if the killers and also the taken rifle weren’t made at intervals 3 days,” Abdul told the news organization of Federal Republic of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday.

“As a results of the threat, residents of Shinkai and close villages have crossed over to Awe, Tunga, Terkura and Lafiya within the neighbor Nassarawa State to require refuge,” he said.

Labaran aforesaid that the incident the armed men claimed had light-emitting diode to the death of their member {took place|happened|occurred|materialized|befell|transpire|passed off|passed|came concerning} about fifteen km removed from Shinkai, and questioned why the folks of Shinkai ought to be created involved the burden.

Reacting to the incident, mister Simon Dogari, Taraba data commissioner, told NAN that he had received reports that there was tension in Shinkai village when a clash between herdsmen and a few armed men believed to be troopers from “Operation Whirl stroke”, UN agency were on special patrol from neighboring Benue State.

He aforesaid that the report had claimed that there was a clash between the 2 teams that left ‘one man with uniform dead”.
Dogari, however, questioned why the suspected military personnel, whose operational space was Benue, had crossed into Taraba and clashed with herdsmen.

He aforesaid that a Special advisor to Governor Darius Ishaku, and also the Chairman of Wukari regime space, are asked to research the difficulty and report back.

The Commissioner appealed to the folks of Shinkai and its geographical region to stay calm because the authorities was operating around the clock to nip the matter within the bud.

Similarly, mister Bala Dan-Abu, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Taraba on media, UN agency delineated the death of the man as unfortunate, urged the authorities to follow due process of law in redressing the difficulty.

“Two wrongs cannot create a right; rather than offensive the village, thorough investigation ought to be dispensed to identity the suspected killers.”

He needed calm among all involved, spoken communication that every one hands were on deck toward partitioning the matter through dialogue.

Efforts to talk with the Police authorities in Taraba well-tried stillborn, however a senior official of the command aforesaid that the matter was being investigated.