Metro
BREAKING: 15 missing as armed men attack passenger bus from Zaki/Biam to Taraba
No fewer than 15 persons, including women and children, are said to be missing after armed men suspected to be vigilante personnel attacked an 18-seater bus conveying passengers from Zaki/Biam in Benue State to Maihula in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the incident happened at Gankwe village along the Donga- Mararaban-Baissa road in the Donga Local Government Area of the state.
Narrating the incident to journalists on the phone, the driver of the bus, Mr. Mpuuga Mbaave, who escaped death by the whiskers with machete cut wounds, said the armed men in vigilante uniform attacked his bus.
“I loaded 18 passengers from Zaki/Biam in Benue State to Maihula in Taraba state, and on our way close to Mararaba, I saw many people in Vigilante uniforms. I suspected something was wrong, so I parked the vehicle.
“One of the villagers who was passing by told me that I should proceed. According to