Gunmen Attack Taraba Community, Detonate Explosive

The Taraba Police Command has disclosed that some unknown gunmen invaded Mutum-Biyu community in Gassol Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night.

Speaking with reporters on Monday, the state Police Spokesperson, Abdullahi Usman, said the criminals stormed the community to kidnap the owner of a popular petrol station before detonating an explosive in a church.

He stated that the kidnappers failed in their mission to abduct the businessman, adding that in the process of running to escape from being trapped, the gunmen started shooting sporadically.

Usman added that while trying to escape, the gunmen threw an explosive into the Catholic Chapel of St. John’s College to cause fear to enable them to escape.

He, however, disclosed that no life was lost in the incident, but that the church building was seriously damaged.

“What happened was that some kidnappers came to kidnap the owner of one filling station in the town. Unfortunately for them, they could not achieve their mission.

“In the process of running to escape from being trapped, they started shooting sporadically. It was in the process that they threw an explosive into the church to cause fear to enable them to escape.

“The explosive blew up and caused some damages to the building, but luckily nobody was hurt,” he said.