Residents of Shinkai Village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State have fled their homes following an alleged threat to raze down the village over the alleged killing of a soldier.

According to Malam Labaran Abdu, the leader of the community, armed men in military uniform stormed the village on Sunday, March 24, 2019, and alleged that one of their men was killed in the suburb of Shinkai and his rifle taken away.

“The community leaders in Shinkai told the armed men that they knew nothing about the incident, but they threatened that they will wipe off the village if the killers and the stolen rifle were not produced within three days,” Abdul told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday.

“As a result of the threat, residents of Shinkai and surrounding villages have crossed over to Awe, Tunga, Terkura and Lafiya in the neighbouring Nassarawa State to take refuge,” he said.

Labaran said that the incident the armed men claimed had led to the death of their member took place about 15 kilometre away from Shinkai, and wondered why the people of Shinkai should be made to bear the burden.

Reacting to the incident, Mr Simon Dogari, Taraba information commissioner, told NAN that he had received reports that there was tension in Shinkai village after a clash between herdsmen and some armed men believed to be soldiers from “Operation Whirl stroke”, who were on special patrol from neighboring Benue State.

He said that the report had claimed that there was a clash between the two groups which left ‘one man with uniform dead”.
Dogari, however, wondered why the suspected military personnel, whose operational area was Benue, had crossed into Taraba and clashed with herdsmen.

He said that a Special Adviser to Governor Darius Ishaku, and the Chairman of Wukari Local Government Area, have been asked to investigate the issue and report back.

The Commissioner appealed to the people of Shinkai and its environs to remain calm as the state government was working round the clock to nip the problem in the bud.

Similarly, Mr Bala Dan-Abu, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Taraba on media, who described the death of the military man as unfortunate, urged the authorities to follow due process in redressing the issue.

“Two wrongs cannot make a right; instead of attacking the village, thorough investigation should be carried out to identity the suspected killers.”

He called for calm among all concerned, saying that all hands were on deck toward resolving the matter through dialogue.
Efforts to speak with the Police authorities in Taraba proved abortive, but a senior official of the command said that the matter was being investigated.

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Everybody lets run awayyyyyyyyyyyyy

Them don buy market wey dem never bargain. These are seasons of life anyway. It has come and will surely go.

Dreal1247:
Them don buy market wey dem never bargain. These are seasons of life anyway. It has come and will surely go.

CHAI IF ONLY THEY CAN GO AFTER BOKO HARAM LIKE THIS WHENEVER A SOLDIER IS KILLED.THERE ONLY GALANT WHEN THEY SEE UNARMED PEOPLE.

Problem is that an average Nigerian fears soldiers like God.
Instead of Nigerians to rise up against Obasanjo when he carried out similar killings in Zaki Ibiam and Odi, most people were saying
"How can you kill a soldier like that?". So innocent people become a target because one rascal decided to kill a soldier?

How long can we continue to be stupid in this country? We don't know our right neither can we fight for our right?

Pathetic.

This country sha

SpecialAdviser:
Problem is that an average Nigerian fears soldiers like God.
Instead of Nigerians to rise up against Obasanjo when he carried out similar killings in Zaki Ibiam and Odi, most people were saying
"How can you kill a soldier like that?". So innocent people become a target because one rascal decided to kill a soldier?

How long can we continue to be stupid in this country? We don't know our right neither can we fight for our right?

Pathetic.

You would like Nigerians to rise up against Soldiers, huh? Well, rising up against soldiers is difficult but they could practice by first rising up against Terrorists, Bandits and foreign headers ravaging the country. Order of priorities is important.