A number of youths whose ages range from twenty to
twenty-seven have been shot dead and several others injured in Taraba State
allegedly by the men of the Nigerian army.
The incident, according to findings took place at the early
hours of Friday in Baka village of Ardo-Kola Local Government Council of the
state.
The affected youths remains have been deposited in the mogul
of the Federal Medical Centre which is located in Jalingo metropolis. They were
said to be returning from a wedding ceremony when they met their untimely
deaths in the hands of the soldiers.
The soldiers who were in the community to checkmate the
activities of hoodlums terrorizing the state, were said to have mistaken the
youths for kidnappers.
At the hospital, in tears, some of the parents who spoke could
not fathom why the soldiers opened fire on the youths on sighting them on
motorcycles instead of arresting them.
One of the parents who gave his name as Bello Aliyu Jen,
told our correspondent that two of his sons were among the five youths killed
by the soldiers.
He gave the names of his deceased sons as Abdulkadir Bello
-27 and Tukur Bello-20. According to him, Abdulkadir was a final year HND
student of the College of Agriculture, Jalingo.
Passionately calling on the government to do the needful by
bringing the soldiers to book, he said his dream had been shattered as his sons
who according to him have been working round the clocks to put smiles on his
face are “no more”.
Other affected parents who also spoke at the hospital sought
to know why the soldiers on sighting the youths from a distance decided to open
fire on them, instead of arresting and interrogating them to ascertain their
missions.
Our state correspondent who was at the hospital as at the
time the remains of the deceaseds were brought in observed that their bodies
were rattled with bullets.
A top security personnel who spoke with our correspondent at
the hospital scene apportioned blames to parents who according to him always
allow their children and wards to “go out at late hours. ”
The deputy speaker of the State House of Assembly, Harman
Adama, who was also sighted at the hospital premises disclosed that two of his
first cousins were among the five youths that were gunned down by the soldiers.
The Deputy Speaker who observed that the incident occurred
during the dead hours of the day cautioned parents and guardians to always
tread extra legitimate miles to prevent their children and ward from going out
of their houses at late hours.
According to him, the soldiers who have been given
presidential directives to flush out hoodlums from the state and the country at
large have said their actions were not intentional.
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