The Taraba State Government has condemned the attacked on the convoy of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Haruna Tsokwa, by gunmen on Wednesday on the Akwanga-Keffi Road in Nasarawa State.
This was contained in a statement issued in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, on Thursday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Danbaba Suntai, Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa.
The statement described the attack as shocking and called on security agencies to arrest those behind the act.
“Taraba today needs peace, security and political accommodation,” the statement said.
The speaker’s convoy came under attack while he was on his way to Abuja from Obudu in Cross River State.
Members of the Taraba House of Assembly were in Obudu for a one-week retreat.
The speaker’s pilot car was reportedly riddled with bullets, leaving one of his security personnel critically injured.
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