Two Immigration officers have been killed by suspected bandits along the Takum Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba State.
The officers were identified as inspectors Adike Austin and Uzo James of the Immigration Department attached to the Ussa local council checkpoint.
They were killed on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, after the brutal murder of a lecturer with the Federal University Wukari by a suspected Tiv militia group.
Confirming the incident to newsmen on Wednesday, April 19, spokesperson of the State Police Command, Abdullahi Usman said the officers were not only shot dead but had machete cuts on their bodies with their motorcycle abandoned.
Usman disclosed that their remains have been deposited at the morgue for autopsy with a full-scale investigation launched, adding that the killing of the immigration officers is not related to the ongoing herders/farmers crisis in the area.
