{"id":92258,"date":"2022-02-27T17:15:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92258"},"modified":"2022-02-27T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T16:15:16","slug":"unknown-gunmen-assassinate-taraba-govs-aide-in-donga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/unknown-gunmen-assassinate-taraba-govs-aide-in-donga\/","title":{"rendered":"Unknown gunmen assassinate Taraba Gov’s aide in Donga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins, on Saturday, killed Hon. Levi Gbashi, the Special Adviser to Gov. Darius Dickson Ishaku, during a burial ceremony in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State.<\/div>\n
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An eyewitness, Mr Tortsua Naagh, told Pointblanknews.com Correspondent that the incident happened at Ityopaa Village when he and the late Gbashi were about to leave the venue of the burial they attended in the village.<\/div>\n
\nAccording to him, \u201cWe were leaving the venue of the burial on a motorcycle when some young men stopped our motorcycle and ordered us to kneel down. We refused to comply with their order as we bought time to attract the attention of the people who were around.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of them opened fire and shot at Gbashi three times and killed him instantly. He turned to me and the gun hooked. In the process of him running to get another gun from one of them, I ran and entered the crowd of people still at the venue of the burial.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe followed me, but could not get me, that was how I escape death by the whiskers,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n

Naagh added that the gunmen took away the corpse of the late Gbashi and ran into the bush.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Chairman of Donga Local Government Council, Hon. Nashuka Ipeyen, confirmed the incident and said he has deployed Special Forces to the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it\u2019s unfortunate that the incident happened. I spoke with the commander of the Special Forces and he has deployed his personnel to the area. Soldiers are currently combing the bushes in the area in search of the corpse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Taraba State Police Command\u2019s spokesman, DSP Usman Abdullahi, said he was not aware of the development.<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that Gbashi was a one time leader of the legislative arm of Donga local government council.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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