{"id":88715,"date":"2021-11-18T09:35:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T08:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88715"},"modified":"2021-11-18T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T08:35:16","slug":"five-killed-many-missing-as-suspected-ambazonia-fighters-sack-taraba-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/five-killed-many-missing-as-suspected-ambazonia-fighters-sack-taraba-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Five killed, many missing as suspected Ambazonia fighters sack Taraba community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1716748330035166858\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">No fewer than five persons, including a traditional ruler, were on Tuesday killed\u00a0 by suspected Ambazonia fighters from Cameroon who stormed Manga village in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Confirming this development to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637305220417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Q79NY3_563cCFLnpkdUyS\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>, Chairman of the LGA, Shiban Tikari, said some others were still missing after the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0 \u201cYes, Manga village in Shigom ward of Takum Local Government Area was attacked.\u00a0 A local chief was killed alongside four others. When the invasion started, many people fled.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSome fell into the river, while others climbed the mountains to save themselves from being killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I speak with you now, we can confirm only five death because those bodies have been recovered. But people are adding those still missing to the number of casualties, that is why you will hear some say 9 or 11 were killed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe soldiers, police and other security operatives have also been deployed to the village.\u00a0 We are hoping that those that fled would return because we are still on the look out.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHowever,\u00a0 younger brother to the slain monarch, Joseph Manga, who is an aide to Taraba State governor,\u00a0 Darius Ishaku, said about 11 persons were killed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, the Ambazonia fighters attacked some villages in Camerooon before crossing to the border community in Taraba State.<\/p>\n<p>FG should act fast\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 Ishaku<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the incident, Governor Ishaku said he was saddened by the invasion of some parts of Taraba State by foreign fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan Abu, the governor said lives were sacrosanct and should be preserved at all costs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe urged the Federal Government to act fast to stop the encroachment of Nigerian soil by foreign fighters.<\/p>\n<p>He also disclosed that the governor has informed security operatives about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted, an fficer of the Immigration Service, who was on ground and confirmed the incident to newsmen, said they called for reinforcement.<\/p>\n<p>He also said soldiers from 93 Battalion, Takum and other security agencies have moved in to the affected community and border area.<\/p>\n<p>He further confirmed that the casualty figure from the bodies recovered was five.<\/p><\/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>No fewer than five persons, including a traditional ruler, were on Tuesday killed\u00a0 by suspected Ambazonia fighters from Cameroon who stormed Manga village in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba&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":33654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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