At least eleven persons including a traditional ruler were reported dead on Wednesday after suspected soldiers from Cameroon attacked a town in Taraba State.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the incident happened at Manga village of Takum Local Government Council of the state in the early hours of Wednesday.
The attack is coming less than a month after soldiers from the country attacked some villages in Kurmi Local Government Council of the State.
The traditional ruler of the community who confirmed the incident to reporters stated that the soldiers had earlier attacked a neighboring community in Cameroon before storming Manga village in Takum.
The brother of the late monarch who gave his name as Joseph Manga, confirmed that ‘The Amazonian separatist soldiers attacked my village Manga’ which according to him “is a border community between Taraba State and the Republic of Cameroon.”
Narrating how his brother was killed, Manga said ‘they first of all attacked a village on the other side of the divide and killed some people before crossing over to attack Manga community.’
He said the community is still busy combining the bush in search of more dead bodies and missing persons.
Some of the community members who also spoke with our correspondent, expressed sadness at the way and manner soldiers from the neighboring country have continued to trouble the border communities.
Also confirming the incident, the council chairman of Takum, Shiban Tikari, said five corpses have so far been recovered as at the time he visited the area today.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK