- According to media reports, five youths have been shot dead by Nigerian soldiers in Taraba State.
- The youths were allegedly going for a wedding on motorcycles before they were killed by soldiers of the Nigerian army yesterday
Nigerian Soldiers in Baka village in the Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, shoot five Nigerian youths dead on their way to wedding ceremony.
As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, the youths, who were attending a wedding ceremony were riding motorcycles, but the soldiers opened fire on them on Friday, on the suspicion that they were kidnappers.
The remains of the youths have been deposited in the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre in Jalingo.
The soldiers, who were in the community to check the activities of hoodlums terrorizing the state, were said to have mistaken the youths for kidnappers.
The Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Harman Adama, who was also sighted on the hospital premises, said two of his first cousins were among the five youths that were gunned down by the soldiers.
According to him, the soldiers who have been given presidential directives to flush out hoodlums from the state and the country at large have said their actions were not intentional.
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