A retired police Inspector and his wife were shot dead on
Saturday morning by suspected armed robbers, while they
were on their way back to Taraba State after the NKST Church
World-wide Choir conference held at Jaki, Kwande LGA of
Benue State on Friday.
Speaking to IDOMAVOICE, an eyewitness Iorsalen Terver,
said:
“ “I stopped at Gawa at about 8:14
this
morning to buy some foodstuffs on my way to Bali
to buy yams when some young men walked to
men saying its better to get the yams in the
evening when the market is closing.
‘ “Little did I know I was the target. Pushing
me to hit the road so they can waste me… Oh
God.. The pastor arrived shortly with a Toyota
picnic. They bought yams I even helped to
negotiate with the seller. We took off the same
time before I stopped to excrete. Just seconds we
heard gun shots and that was how they wasted
this couple”
Ben Dizwa, who confirmed the sad incident, identified the
pastor as Mr. Joseph Tsafa, a retired police inspector who
was one of the participant from NKST Nachi-Bali Classis in
Taraba State. According to his Facebook post:
‘ “He left the event venue with his wife, Cecilia
Tsafa, the woman leader (Kwase-hemen) of NKST
Nachi-Bali Consistory women Fellowship, and
Atese Anum (a pastor’s wife) on Friday evening for
Zakibiam where they stayed through the night.
Early this morning,(Saturday) the couple set out for
Bali LGA of Taraba State where they are based.
In
Katsina-Ala, they assisted two women who were
heading towards their direction making their
number, five in the vehicle.
‘ “At about 9am on Saturday morning of 3rd
December, 2016, they passed a place called Gidan
Gawa along Katsina-Ala —Takum road in Taraba
State. There is a portion of road that is terribly bad
that vehicles must slow down to avoid accident or
damage, so they also slowed down. Strangely,
some armed young men came out of the bush and
ordered them to stop and they simply obeyed.
They came forth and demanded for money from
Mr Tsafa.
‘ “What really happened that led to a gun shot
could not be ascertained by even eye witness but
it is thought that the man had no enough money
for them having stay away for nearly two weeks
which they become annoyed and shot him still on
the steering. The bullet shot at the man penetrated
and also killed his wife who was seated in the
front seat. The remaining three persons who were
seated at the back seat were not shot, they were
searched and valuables taking away from them.
As I write, the corpses of the couple has been
deposited at a mortuary in Zakibiam, Ukum LGA.”
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