By Richard Emmanuel Jalingo.
A 67-year-old man identified as jibrin Nyashu was allegedly slaughtered by unidentified gun men using deadly weapons at his residence in garin Jatau area of Ardokola local government, a few killomiter away from the state capital Jalingo. Taraba state,
The incidents which took place in the late hours of Friday when the residents wake up with the ugly news of the elderly and peaceful man as they all describe the deceased.
According to an eye witness who pleaded anonyminity said, that the incident took place at Jibir Nyashu’s resident at Aunguwan Dong in Garin Jatau village around 3am when the dogs were barking so seriously but it never come to their minds that there was negativity at the nose.
In the morning around after 7am a woman who identified to be Mr. Jibir Nyashu’s sister came to check on him since he just returned from their home town (Sagwe Dekko) and found him dead inside his own room on Friday morning which happens to be 14th August, 2020.
According to the sister, Jibir Nyashu have divorced his wife Vigane Jibir years ago and now stays with the children and the children are between the age of 7 and 15, ariving the residence she noticed something unusual as she was shouting Jibir, Jibir and the senior daughter responded that daddy may have gone to farm but she wasn’t convinced because the door was open and she decided to check, gettinginto the room she found her brother Jibir Nyashu on bed but the way he lay was so unusual, she shouted his name and their was no response, she touched him but he didn’t move and she couldn’t noticed it because the room was dark, as he didn’t move her heart beat and she decided to lift up the door cotton doing so she found Jibir Nyashu slaughtered and blood was everywhere as she began to screamed and crying round the village.
As at the time of filling this report, no statement from the police headquarter yet, after a series of phone calls and un-replied text messages sent to his mobile phone the state PPRO.