{"id":104742,"date":"2023-05-09T21:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104742"},"modified":"2023-05-09T21:29:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:29:53","slug":"army-denies-alleged-military-invasion-of-taraba-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/army-denies-alleged-military-invasion-of-taraba-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Army denies alleged military invasion of Taraba community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1765448982556470036\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is palpable tension in Peva town a village in the Takum local government area of Taraba State following the alleged invasion of the community by soldiers in the early hours of today.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Soldiers were alleged to have invaded the town located along Takum-Wukari road forcing residents into houses in an alleged search for the kidnapped Takum Local Government Caretaker Chairman, Hon. Boyi Manja who was kidnapped around the area on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nLocal residents told our correspondent on the phone that the soldier who invaded the town around 9 am, beat residents and forced shop owners to close their shops.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSome of the residents including Stephen Tyosoo, Terkula Iorsoo, and Bridget Akaa said, their houses were broken into by soldiers who broke their doors and beat up people they met in their houses.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cMy house was broken into by soldiers this morning. I don\u2019t know why they are doing what they are doing. If they have credible information regarding the whereabouts of the kidnapped chairman, they should work on their intelligence and stop harassing people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cShop owners were forced to close as they shoot sporadically in the air. Tension is building in the area and this is unnecessary,\u201d one of the residents told our correspondent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nBut when contacted, the Army spokesman in Taraba State Lieutenant Oni dismissed the allegation said, nothing of such happened in the area.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is palpable tension in Peva town a village in the Takum local government area of Taraba State following the alleged invasion of the community by soldiers in the early&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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