Three persons have been confirmed dead with no fewer than 300 others missing after bandits attacked Wuro Bokki village of Sindirde Ward, in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State.
The bandits stormed the area on military camouflage with motorcycles in the late hours of Saturday
The Chairman of Gassol Local Government Area, Musa Abdullahi, confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday.
He said the armed men also set eleven houses ablaze with properties worth millions of naira destroyed during the operation before returning to their hideouts.
Musa also confirmed that the bandits have camps in a forest between Sindirde and Gassol wards of the local government area.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Usman, also confirmed the incident stressing that the Commissioner of Police has given a matching order to flush out the bandits in collaboration with sister security agencies.
Meanwhile, efforts are in top gear to douse the already created tension in the affected and neighbouring communities, he added.
