Soldier, pregnant woman killed, 15 abducted in Taraba
Bandits on Tuesday night killed a soldier, a hunter and a pregnant woman at Sarkin Yamma village, near the Jeb-Jeb area of Karim-Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attackers also shot and wounded another soldier and abducted several residents in the area. Daily Trust gathered that the bandits, armed with sophisticated weapons, launched […]
On Tuesday night, bandits brutally murdered a soldier, a hunter, and a pregnant woman in Sarkin Yamma village, a region close to the Jeb-Jeb area in Taraba State's Karim-Lamido Local Government Area. The assailants, armed with modern weaponry, attacked 11 days after a devastating assault on Binnari town, where more than 60 individuals, including women and children, lost their lives. The bandits also invaded Ruwan Zafi village, near Sarkin Yamma, abducting 15 people, among them women and children.
Tanko Bobbo Andami, a local community leader, recounted the harrowing events to Daily Trust. He stated that the attackers laid siege to the communities on Tuesday night, killing a soldier, a hunter, and a pregnant woman, while another soldier was wounded. Andami reported that five people managed to escape when soldiers and local hunters engaged the attackers in a fierce gun battle, causing the bandits to flee into the forest along with some of their victims.
About 15 people remained captive, according to Andami, who emphasized that the most recent attacks had exacerbated the insecurity plaguing Karim-Lamido.
He appealed to both the Taraba State Government and the Federal Government to pay special attention to the area, requesting them to provide adequate security to safeguard Karim-Lamido Local Government. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Taraba State Command, ASP Victor Mshelizah, did not respond to inquiries regarding the incident.
Since this year, Karim-Lamido has become a hotbed of communal violence in Taraba State, witnessing several outbreaks of violence between ethnic groups and attacks by gunmen, which have resulted in loss of lives and property destruction. The area's strategic location at the intersection of four states, combined with its difficult terrain and poor accessibility, makes it particularly vulnerable to infiltration by criminal elements who exploit jurisdictional boundaries to elude security operations.
The recent attack on Binnari on October 23, 2026, left around 60 people dead, when armed men suddenly unleashed a barrage of gunfire on a crowd gathered at the market after Friday prayers. Despite the state government declaring Karim-Lamido Local Government Area a zone of heightened security concern, residents complained that the designation had not been matched by a sufficient deployment of security personnel to prevent further attacks.
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