A retired Nigerian police Inspector has suffered an unbelievably tragic fate while traveling with his wife.
A retired police Inspector and his wife have been killed.
They were reportedly 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.
According to IdomaVoice, an eyewitness Iorsalen Terver, revealed that:
"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"
The scene of the incident
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. The 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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