[b]TRAGEDY struck yesterday in Kurmi Local Government Council of Taraba State when two foreigners from the neighbouring Republic of Cameroun and a Nigerian were lynched to death by an angry mob for an alleged disappearance of a man's private organ.
The three persons were said to have been traveling in a jeep with registration number BV802AGL to Cameroun, a stone thrown from Baissa, the administrative headquarters of the council, when death came calling.
According to an eye witness account, the men, in an effort to refuel, were accosted by one Muses Umar, who claimed that his private organ was stolen by the three persons, whom The Guardian learnt were attached to one of the embassies.
The lynched persons, our source said, ran into the council police station for safety, but were hacked down to death right inside the station after all attempts by the police to disperse the irate youths failed.
Confirming the report, the state police commissioner, Aliyu Musa, gave the names of the three persons as Thomas Achotu, Joseph and Tarhamba Awuva. The driver, Tarhamba Awuva, according to The Guardian's finding, was a Nigeria from the Tiv-speaking part of the country.
Five policemen, including the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) according to the commissioner, were reported to have been seriously injured by the mob, as they attempted to rescue the victims. The police station, he said, was destroyed beyond recognition.
It would be recalled that the state has recently been filled with rumours of the disappearance of male genitals, which the police said could not be proved, except with the assistance of medical experts.
Though no single arrest had been made, the police, according to Aliyu Musa, had instituted a panel of investigation to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the ugly events.
The latest incident, which has thrown the council into dilemma, according to another eyewitness, who spoke with The Guardian on the condition of anonymity, said that "the usual free movement in and out of this country to Cameroun, will definitely be affected because, information reaching us here (Baissa and the state at large) shows that Camerounians are threatening to retaliate."
Also confirming the report, the chairman of the council, Mr. John Tobi, called on the security agents to urgently effect the arrest of the suspected youths.[/b]

See the way innocent people lose their lives because of stupid and childish religious superstition. Sad!

This is irant nonsence.
I pray for the safety of all our brothers and sisters in Cameroon.