Robbers kill Rev Father, 5 others in Nasarawa

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

No fewer than six persons including a Reverend Father in-charge of Wamba Catholic Church were killed over the weekend in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
According to an eyewitness account, the Reverend Father was coming from Wamba to Akwanga town when he stormed into the robbers who were operating along Wamba-Akwanga Road and as soon as the Reverend Father saw them and was about to make a u-turn, the robbers shot at him and left him in the pool of his own blood. When the case was reported at Akwanga Police Station, police and other security agencies swung to action, but before they could get to the scene of the incident, the robbers have disappeared into the bush.

Other commuters who were plying the road also lost their money and other valuables to the robbers who were more than 10 in numbers and were said to be Fulani who operates with dangerous weapons, “they were operating with dangerous and sophisticated weapons that are more than the one that our security agents used” said Abdullahi Abubakar, one of the victims.

Also, no fewer than five persons were reportedly killed by the robbers along Akwanga –Abuja Road yesterday.
According to an eyewitness account, the robbers who operated between 5-6 pm along the road just opened fire on passengers leaving five people dead with several others sustaining various injuries. Disturbed by the happening in the area, the villagers along Akwanga-Keffi – Abuja road as well as Wamba-Akwanga road have mobilized themselves to form a vigilante group in order to avert the continuous robbery cases in the area.

A spokesman of the community who didn’t want his name in print told Daily Sun that since the security operatives in the area have failed to perform their responsibilities, they were left with no other option than to form their vigilante group before the armed robbers gets rid of their people.
He called on the state government to come to their rescue in order to avert the re-occurrence of the ugly situation in the area.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State Police Command, Richard Ekoji could not be reached on phone when Daily Sun called his cell-phones.

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