A number of youths whose ages range from twenty to twenty-seven have been shot dead and several others injured in Taraba State allegedly by the men of the Nigerian army.

The incident, according to DAILY POST findings took place at the early hours of Friday in Baka village of Ardo-Kola Local Government Council of the state.

The affected youths remains have been deposited in the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre which is located in Jalingo metropolis. They were said to be returning from a wedding ceremony when they met their untimely deaths in the hands of the soldiers.

The soldiers who were in the community to checkmate the activities of hoodlums terrorizing the state, were said to have mistaken the youths for kidnappers.

When DAILY POST visited the hospital premises, parents of the victims were in tears.

In tears, some of the parents who spoke with DAILY POST could not fathom why the soldiers opened fire on the youths on sighting them on motorcycles instead of arresting them.

One of the parents who gave his name as Bello Aliyu Jen, told our correspondent that two of his sons were among the five youths killed by the soldiers.

He gave the names of his deceased sons as Abdulkadir Bello -27 and Tukur Bello-20. According to him, Abdulkadir was a final year HND student of the College of Agriculture, Jalingo.

Passionately calling on the government to do the needful by bringing the soldiers to book, he said his dream had been shattered as his sons who according to him have been working round the clocks to put smiles on his face are “no more”.

Other affected parents who also spoke with DAILY POST at the hospital sought to know why the soldiers on sighting the youths from a distance decided to open fire on them, instead of arresting and interrogating them to ascertain their missions.

Our state correspondent who was at the hospital as at the time the remains of the deceaseds were brought in observed that their bodies were rattled with bullets.

A top security personnel who spoke with our correspondent at the hospital scene apportioned blames to parents who according to him always allow their children and wards to “go out at late hours. ”

The deputy speaker of the State House of Assembly, Harman Adama, who was also sighted at the hospital premises told DAILY POST that two of his first cousins were among the five youths that were gunned down by the soldiers.

The Deputy Speaker who observed that the incident occurred during the dead hours of the day cautioned parents and guardians to always tread extra legitimate miles to prevent their children and ward from going out of their houses at late hours.

According to him, the soldiers who have been given presidential directives to flush out hoodlums from the state and the country at large have said their actions were not intentional.

Good Friday turned to bloody Friday that is bad

Nigerian Army killing innocent people. It didn’t start today.

Very soon, Majority of Nigerians will start supporting Boko Haram in killing them.

Time will tell

Oh no.

Na where dem strong be that. Shooting at unarmed people.
One day all of us go own rod and shoot happily ever after. No love lost

We the entire staff and management of vulturebbqgrills commend our darling daddy for celebrating Jesus' death by spilling innocent blood.

Something is wrong with our military period!!!

Ok

Are our military men employed to kill innocent people?
Rather than confronting armed bandits terrorists, these id!ots are taking the lives of innocent people.

Maybe in revenge for the bandits that strolled into their base and killed them in bauchi


Poor civilians

this soldiers are always strong on innocent Nigeria

Terrible things are happening in this shithole called Nigeria

Yet Buhari is somewhere eating hot dog and sausage and pretending he went for medical check-up.


My eyes have seen my Ears for this Naija

If na me, I must, kill that soldier. Infact all soldiers for that team wey fire upon him

This is terrible, bandits kill citizens security forces also kill citizens

Ordinary things no fit move me again >

Nigerian military has been killing innocent souls for a long time.
It's however been worse under this goverment.
From Shiites massacre to Oyigbo massacre and other massacres in the North,killing of unarmed, innocent civilians is where their strength lies.
The ones at the top hierarchy of the military are only interested in how much they can embezzle,while the rank and file show strength on innocent people.
That is the summary of the Nigerian military, especially the army.

Viknat:
Of na me, I must, I mean, must kill day soldier. Infact all for that team wey fire upon them

How can u kill a soldier when in a sentence of just 20 words u can't type a comprehensible post?

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just wait n see wat happens next

Dear Nigeria soldiers, please stop killing innocent civillians. We are all going through d same bad government , so stop venting your frustrations on innocent people. If the people decides to take up arms against you, how do we cajole them to stop knowing fully well that you started it first

It's a shithole, so am not surprised.

That's what they are good at...



While BH boys are using them to do practice...






A failed country with Failed government...








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epondudu:
Don't blame this soldiers.

Only those in that line can relate.

Ardo village is a hotspot, and in the mind of any well trained officer what comes to mind 1st is saving your own life.

North + Bike + late night = Bandits / Bokoharam.

Then what makes them professionals if they shoot every living thing they see when they get spooked? What makes them different from.the criminals they are fighting against? What in heaven's name happened to the rules of engagement?