The Taraba Police Command have arrested four persons suspected
to have killed one Bernard Zaakaa and his daughter, Mimidoo, at Gazabu village
in Bali Local Area of the state.
Its spokesman, Mr David Misal, said on Tuesday that Zaakaa and
his four-year-old daughter were shot dead in their residence, on March 18.
The police official said that one Geoffrey Oguda, who was in the
compound at the time of the attack, sustained injuries from gunshots.
"We have arrested the suspects and recovered two local
guns, nine cartridges, two extended cartridges and some gunpowder from
them," he said.
Misal said that the arrest followed a complaint lodged at a
police station in Bali, by a younger brother to the deceased, Levi Zaakaa.
"Immediately we received the report of the incident that
occurred around 7.30 p.m. on March 18, the police started combing the area and
eventually arrested the suspects on March 19," he said.
Misal said that Oguda was
responding to treatment at Santa Maria Clinic in Bali
