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The Nigerian army on Wednesday declared five persons wanted in Taraba for their alleged roles in killings in Takum local government area and other parts of the state.

They are Tanko Adiku Dantayi, Kurusi Danladi, Chindo, Big Olumba and Chairman Poko.

Jude Chukwu, army spokesman, in a statement appealed to the people of Taraba to give useful information to the security agencies that would lead to the arrest of the suspects.

The army on Saturday said its troops arrested two alleged masterminds of the killings in the Takum and Ussa local government areas of Taraba, identified as Danjuma and Danasebe Gasama.

Danjuma, also known as American, and Gasama were said to have been arrested on Friday by troops deployed for operation Ayem Akpatuma in a community in Takum, following a tip-off.

The army spokesman had said, “preliminary investigation has identified these two individuals as key players in the killings and uprising in the two LGAs in the state”.