Governor Kefas Agbu of Taraba State has revealed that a police escort attached to his mother’s escorts shot and killed his sister Atsi Kefas, on their way from Jalingo to Abuja, along the Wukari-Chinkai road in 2024.
Kefas revealed this while interacting with journalists in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, saying investigation revealed that a police escort shot Atsi at a close range, adding that pellets of gun were found in the victim’s body during operation before she subsequently succumbed to death.
Many in Taraba State had assumed that the vehicle conveying Atsi and the governor’s mother was attacked by bandits who wanted to kidnap the governor’s family members.
Kefas, who observed a minute of silence for Atsi and over 50 people who were recently killed in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of the state during an attack, called on the people to embrace peace and love one another.
“Life is very precious to me. You can’t just end someone’s life and think God will be happy with you. My younger sister was shot and killed by a police escort who was inside the same bus with her.
“Investigation revealed that my sister Atsi was shot at a close range. The policeman is still under investigation so that justice should prevail,” the governor said.
He said a commission of enquiry would soon be set up to look into the causes of Karim Lamido crisis to bring lasting peace to the affected area.
Kefas said the people who should be living peacefully together to develop their areas had embraced the crisis, leading to the killing of several lives without any justification.
The state police command has yet to make official comments on the governor’s claim during press
