Gunmen in their numbers have killed a businesswoman in the Mayo Dasa area of Jalingo, Taraba State capital.
The deceased was said to have been reading in her compound today December 6 for a forthcoming examination when the gunmen in their numbers invaded her compound and used machetes to break the windows of the house.
“She was reading in her room, preparing 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 they did not take anyone along with them.”’ the spokesperson of the command, Abdullahi Usman, disclosed this to newsmen
He said the gunmen took away no pin.
In the same vein, unknown gunmen opened fire on a clergyman in the Jenburban area of the state and killed him without picking anything from his house or kidnapping other occupants left.
Usman revealed that the two victims passed on while being attended to in their hospital beds. He said the attack was strange as the gunmen in their usual move kidnap their victim and sought ransom after that.
According to him, the police have already launched a discrete investigation into the incident to unravel the perpetrators of the heinous crime.
While condoling the family, the police encouraged them to seek solace in God as all hands will be on deck to unearth those behind the act.