The Taraba State Government has confirmed the killing of the two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum Biyu, HRH Sani Mohammed of the Gassol Local Government Area.
The victims were abducted on January 19 by gunmen in their residence in Jalingo, the state capital.
A press statement signed and issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Lois Emmanuel, condemned the murder in strong terms, describing the act as barbaric, ungodly and inhuman.
The government regretted that its sustained efforts to rid the state of kidnappers and other forms of banditry has been thwarted by the recent development
