Unknown criminal groups in Taraba State are said to have raped and killed an 18-year-old female.
Wassa Joel Tuwa was given as the victim’s name.
According to a family source who talked with Platinum Times Nigeria in Jalingo, the State’s capital, the victim, who was from Yorro Local Government Council, was gang-raped before being killed behind a mountain.
Ayuba claims that the girl, who had traveled from her family’s home in Jalingo to Lankaviri village last Saturday, was raped and then killed by unidentified assailants.
The family source said, “my younger sister (Wassa), left our family house here along Bishop’s Coat Road, Jalingo, to the village in Lankavirir on Saturday where the murderers met her.”
Her remains, according to him, were discovered by a little boy.
“We did not see her until Sunday morning when a little boy who was hawking firewood discovered her dead body by the roadside and ran back to inform our parents of what he saw.
“Residents moved to the scene and discovered the lifeless body of my younger sister, Wassa.
“Following security advice, her corpse was later evacuated to the Federal Medical Centre Jalingo.
“A doctor on duty confirmed to us that the victim was gang-raped before she was killed,” he lamented.
The family pleaded with security agencies to fish out those behind the brutal killing of the victim.
As of the time of filing this report, the police are yet to issue a statement on the incident.