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Haruna Tsokwa, Honourable speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly , and his convoy were attacked by gunmen who laid ambush on his convoy spraying it with bullets Wednesday evening.
The incident took place at about 4.50 p.m. at Bade Forest, along Jos/Keffi road would have been fatal but for brave intervention of his security aides.
According to The Guardian, the speaker escaped the attack but two policemen, his security aides, were however, unlucky as they sustained various degrees of gunshot wounds during an exchange of fire with the attackers.
Commenting on the incident, the Taraba state Governor Danbaba Suntai, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Hassan Mijinyawa expressed shock over the attack “on the convoy of the Speaker and said that the incident calls “for prayer and urged the security agencies to as a matter of urgency investigate this criminal attack,” adding “Taraba State today needs peace, security and greater political accommodation".
Also confirming the incident to The Guardian, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, who was also in the convoy, Tanko Kaura, said “the speaker is in good condition,” adding, “Nothing happened to him".
