Bandits kill driver, burn cows in Taraba community

<p>In the end, the woman was battered in the face with injuries and the matter reported at the Zone 3 Divisional Police Station from where she was moved to Wuse General Hospital for treatment.</p>, <p>Trouble, however, erupted when counsel to the arraigned lawyer, Mr C.O Adie engaged the wife of the nominal complainant, Mrs Oluwatayo Adeyemi in a physical fight that lasted close to two minutes before the woman could be rescued from him.</p>, <p>The explosion which reportedly occurred around 9pm, was said to have left several persons with various degrees of injuries, most of whom are undergoing treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Jalingo.</p>, <p>Magistrate Muinat Oyekan said the sureties must be residents in the jurisdiction of the Court and must also be Civil Servants not below Grade Level 16.</p>, <p>However, when the charges were read to them, the two defendants pleaded not guilty.</p>, <p>She vowed never to visit such an establishment again if and when her friend eventually recuperates.</p>, <p>Our Taraba correspondent who visited the scene of the explosion, reports that the affected areas have been cordoned off by security operatives.</p>, <p>All explanations by the Journalists indicating they did not need any order to cover a court sitting were rebuffed, prompting them to comply as directed by the Magistrate.</p>, <p>Our correspondent reports that most of the vehicles were badly damaged following the crash.</p>, <p>The incident, which took place on Sunday, was also said to have led to the gruesome killing of one of the pickup drivers, Adamu Takalafiya.</p>, <p>The Court also ordered that the sureties swear to an affidavit of means while the two accused persons are to be moved to prison custody on remand pending the time they perfect their bail conditions.</p>, <p>Among others, the two accused persons were granted bail in the sum of N500, 000 each and two sureties each in the like sums.</p>, <p>Peace, who claimed that one of her friends sustained injuries, said the explosion took all of them unawar