Three people have been killed by gunmen in an attack which took place at Jouro Manu village in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba state.

Punch reported that six people were also abducted by the gunmen who started shooting anyone at sight after storming the village with motorcycles at about 2 pm on Sunday July 31. 

Acting Police Public Relations Officer of the Taraba State command, Gambo Bajabu Kwache, confirmed the incident on Monday August 1, and further disclosed that the police were already on top of the situation.

Kwache said; 

“We are on top of the situation. We have made a deployment to the area to track down the attackers.”