Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Tuesday condemned the killing of Pastor Emmanuel Bileya and his wife, Juliana, in the Donga Local Government Area of the state by suspected militia men.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Bala Dan-Abu, Ishaku said he received the news of the murder with shock.
Bileya, a pastor with the CRC-N Church, was reportedly killed by militia men while working on his farm in Mararaba on Monday.“Killings of this nature have happened too often recently in Southern Taraba communities and this is unhelpful to the ongoing efforts of government to achieve lasting peace among communities in the area.”All rights reserved.
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