Unknown gunmen on Thursday killed A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. David Tanko in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba.
He was ambushed and killed by bandits on his way to a meeting to resolve the crisis between the Tiv and their Jakun neighbours in Kufai Amadu community in Takum.
“After killing him, the attackers set him and his car on fire.’’
The Chairman of the Local Government, Mr Shiban Tikari, confirmed the killing while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo on Thursday.
Tikari said that Tanko was an indigene of Wukari Local Government Area of the state.
He fingered people he described as Tiv militia for the killing, alleging that the militia was responsible for other attacks that had claimed lives and property in Southern Taraba.
