The camp of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Wukari Local Council of Taraba State were reportedly attacked by gunmen on Friday.

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Some of the victims of the attack claimed that they were fixing their destroyed houses and laying bricks when the gunmen attacked their abode.

While narrating the incident, some of the victims of the attack claimed that they were mending their destroyed houses and laying bricks when the invaders attacked them.

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One of the victims who identified himself as Tarnege John, said the attackers were not only armed but also shooting sporadically at the fleeing residents.

He said, “some of our brothers ran into the bushes for safety and those who decided to stay behind were not spared.

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“Some of us who decided to stay so that we would find out what brought about the unfortunate and ugly situation were heavily descended on with machetes and three of us were left in our own pool of blood.

“When they discovered that we were unconscious, they carted away our Peugeot and three motorcycles and went ahead to burn all our belongings without any interference.”

The victims while expressing sadness at the incident said the alleged lukewarm attitudes of both the local and state governments towards displaced Tiv persons wa the reason they were successfully attacked.

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They called on the Federal Government to urgently come to their rescue, urging the authorities at all levels to take proactive steps to prevent any form of crisis from resurfacing in the council and the state as a whole.

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