Police escort, not bandits, killed my sister, Taraba Gov cries out

Taraba State Governor Kefas Agbu, on Friday, opened up on the circumstances that surrounded the killing of his sister, Atsi kefas.

Atsi was reportedly shot by kidnappers along Wukari-Chinkai road in 2024.

But Kefas revealed that a police escort attached to his mother’s escorts shot and killed his sister while travelling from Jalingo to Abuja, along the Wukari-Chinkai Road in 2024.

The Governor made this claim while addressing journalists in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, saying investigation revealed that a police escort shot her sister at a close range.

Kefas added that pellets of gun were found in the victim’s body during surgery before she subsequently gave up the ghost.

Before now, Taraba residents had believed that the vehicle conveying Atsi and the governor’s mother was attacked by bandits who attempted to kidnap the Governor’s family members.

However, while observing a minute silence for Atsi, and the over 50 people who were recently killed in Karim-Lamido Local Government Area of the state during an attack, Governor Kefas appealed to the people to embrace peace and love one another.

He said, “Life is very precious to me. You can’t just end someone’s life and think God will be happy with you. My younger sister was shot and killed by a police escort who was inside the same bus with her.

“Investigation revealed that my sister Atsi was shot at a close range. The policeman is still under investigation so that justice should prevail.”

He announced that a commission of enquiry would soon be set up to look into the causes of Karim-Lamido crisis to bring lasting peace to the affected area.

Kefas regretted that the people who should be living peacefully together to develop their areas had embraced crisis, leading to the destruction of several lives without any justification.

Police in Taraba had yet to make official comments on Governor Kefas’ claim as of the time of filing this report.