Unidentified gunmen have killed a businesswoman in the Mayo Dasa area of Jalingo, Taraba State capital

The incident was said to have occurred at about midnight on Friday 6th December 2024.

Confirming the incident, the Taraba State Police Command Public Relations Officer Abdullahi Usman, said the gunmen invaded the victim’s compound and used machetes to break the windows of her house.

“She was reading in her room, preparatory for an examination she was writing, and all of a sudden they opened fire on her, shot her at the back which penetrated and came out through the stomach.

“After breaking the windows, while in fear the occupants of the house stepped out to be whisked away and surprisingly, the gunmen did not take anyone along with them,” he said.

Also, the gunmen did not go away with any valuables.

In another incident which occurred in the Jerbanbur area of Jalingo, the gunmen opened fire on a clergyman without picking anything from his house or kidnapping other occupants.

The Police spokesman disclosed that the two victims passed on while being attended to in their hospital beds.

He said the Police have already launched a discreet investigation into the incidents to unravel the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

The Police, while commiserating with the families of the victims, encouraged them to seek solace in God.

Gunmen kill businesswoman, clergyman in Taraba