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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Taraba State police command has arrested some suspects in connection with the July 28 gruesome killing of the traditional ruler of Yukuben chiefdom.<\/p>\n

The monarch, Udeng Ibrahim Yamusa and his son, Musa Ibrahim, were alleged to have been killed along Kpambo-Fikyu road in an ambush by suspected militias, in Takum Local Government Council of the State.<\/p>\n

Confirming the report on Wednesday in Jalingo, the police Commissioner, Abimbola Shokoya, said six suspects in connection to the killings of the monarch and his son, have been arrested.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner, who disclosed that many of the suspects were still at large, said thorough investigation had been launched by the command to ensure that the other suspects were not spared.<\/p>\n

Narrating how the suspects were arrested, he said, \u201con Thursday, 28 July, 2022, information came that the Chief of Yukuben, in Takum Local Government Area was missing and we immediately sent out search party to rescue and bring him back.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, on Friday, which was the next day, the corpse of the Chief was discovered in a bush.\u201d<\/p>\n

He told journalists that, \u201cwe are having some suspects that are helping us in the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Taraba State police command has arrested some suspects in connection with the July 28 gruesome killing of the traditional ruler of Yukuben chiefdom. The monarch, Udeng Ibrahim Yamusa and his son, Musa Ibrahim, were alleged to have been killed along Kpambo-Fikyu road in an ambush by suspected militias, in Takum Local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":69565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,254,165,3685],"class_list":["post-69566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-police","tag-taraba"],"yoast_head":"\nTaraba: Police arrest suspects in connection with monarch, son\u2019s killing - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Taraba State police command has arrested some suspects in connection with the July 28 gruesome killing of the tradit ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taraba: Police arrest suspects in connection with monarch, son\u2019s killing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Taraba State police command has arrested some suspects in connection with the July 28 gruesome killing of the tradit ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-03T11:41:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-03T13:06:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_1-62ea72b5d6b38.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Taraba: Police arrest suspects in connection with monarch, son\u2019s killing\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-03T11:41:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-03T13:06:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing\"},\"wordCount\":211,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_1-62ea72b5d6b38.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\",\"taraba\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-police-arrest-suspects-in-connection-with-monarch-sons-killing\",\"name\":\"Taraba: Police arrest suspects in connection with monarch, son\u2019s killing - 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