BY CHUWANG DUNGS
A former chairman of Takum local government council, in Taraba state, Shiban Tikari, is now at large following the alleged murder of a former lawmaker Hosea Ibi.
The Taraba state commissioner of Police David Iloyanomon, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Jalingo the state capital.
Mr Iloyanomon said since the Chief judge of the state ordered for the arrest of Tikari he has been on the run.
“We expressed fears that this will happen when the chief judge made a public declaration for his arrest, but we are all out to ensure his arrest.
“We are looking for him, we recently gathered that he has left the state, we have been trailing to arrest him for possible prosecution, anywhere he is, we must get him arrested, it’s just a matter of time,” he said.
Ibi, former member representing Takum I in the state Assembly was kidnapped on December 30, 2017 and was found dead at the old site of SCC (Kwari) along Takum Kashimbila Road in Takum local government area of the state.
The body of the lawmaker was found 16 days after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen from his house located opposite Ada Barracks in Takum area of the state.
Those involved in the killing of the former lawmaker were arrested and prosecuted at the Taraba High Court presided by Justice Joel Agya where the convicts, during cross examination, confessed that they were contracted by Tikari to abduct the victim.
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