By Danzumi Ishaku Jalingo
Unknown gunmen in Taraba state have shot and killed three-person believed to be labourers working at a rice farm at Yelwa Tau village in Jalingo local government area.
Two other labourers working on the same farm, however, escaped with gunshot wounds and are currently admitted at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Jalingo.
Our correspondent gathered that the affected persons were said to be hired by one Alhaji Musa Umar to work on his farm and got attacked by unknown gunmen while working on the farm.
Two of the survivors told our correspondent who followed the issue on their sickbed said that all of them are from Yalwan Dame village in Birnin Kudu local government area of Jigawa state who come to sick for work. According to them, each year they come to Taraba and Yelwa village during the harvest period to work on rice farms.
They further revealed that they came to Yelwa Tau village four weeks ago and have been working on different farms in the village.
They said they were hired by one Alhaji Musa Adamu to work on his farm located a distance away from the Yalwa Tau village and it was while they were working in the farm that some gunmen surrounded them and started shooting.
“We were working on the farm when some people came and surrounded us and started shooting. “Two of us were lucky to escape into the bush and three others – Muhammed Adamu Daba, Shehu Shayaro and Adamu Gambo – were shot and beheaded by the attackers,” the survivors narrated.
Our correspondent further gathered that the corpses of the three deceased persons have been deposited at the mortuary of FMC Jalingo.
As at the time of filing this report, Police spokesman in Taraba, DSP David Misal, could not be reached for comment over the incident as his mobile line was switched off when our reporter called.
