Ayodele Olalere
A lecturer, deputy registrar, school principal and three others have been killed by gun men in Taraba State.
The six people were killed when travelling from Takum Local Government Area to Wukari LGA in the State.
The incident happened at a boundary between Taraba and Benue states along Takum-Wukari road at about 7:23am on Monday, August 12, 2024.
The gunmen reportedly came out of the bush near Sai village with guns and machetes, and attacked the passengers. A woman and a baby were however spared.
Farmers who were working near the incident scene were also attacked by the gun men after they had killed the passengers.
The lecturer was a staff of the Federal University Wukari, and was returning to Wukari after spending the weekend with his family in Takum, while the Deputy Registrar worked with the School of Health Technology, Taraba State.
The secondary school principal, one Samuel Mbapuun, was recently transferred from a secondary school in Takum to another secondary school in Wukari Local Government Area and was on his way to report to the new school he was posted to when he was killed.