By: Newspeddlers
Soldiers have killed at least five youths at
Bassa village in Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Bello Aliyu Jen, a father
whose two sons were killed, demanded immediate investigation.
It was gathered by Daily Trust
that, they were returning from a wedding ceremony in Garin-Baka around 12
midnight on Thursday when soldiers on patrol assumed they were kidnappers and
opened fire on them.
Isah Umar, who escaped,
narrated how he and his friends riding on motorcycles back to their
village , Basa, ran into the soldiers.
The student of Taraba State University said that on sighting the
convoy of their motorcycles, the soldiers opened fire on them.
He said he escaped into the bush but his friend Habu
Yerima who conveyed him on his motorcycle was not lucky as he was hit by
a bullet and died instantly.
Although many said it was a case of mistaken identify, the
parents insisted that the soldiers murdered their children intentionally.
Two of the victims were students of Taraba State University
and Taraba State College of Agriculture, all in Jalingo, the state
capital.
Parents of the victims who besieged the mortuary of Federal
Medical Centre, Jalingo told reporters that their children were murdered in
cold blood.
“We need justice, the army must be accountable to the murder of
our innocent children,” he said.
The five victims whose
corpses were deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, morgue are
Abdulkadir Bello, Tukur Bello, Philip Yakubu, Habu Yarima and Ya’u Misa.
Police spokesperson, ASP
Leha, could not be reached for comment as of the time this report was filed.