Atsi, the younger sister of Taraba State Governor, Agbus Kefas, has died from gunshot injuries she sustained in a police accidental discharge.
A source close to the Taraba State Government confirmed to Daily Trust that she died in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja where she had been receiving treatment after the incident.
Atsi, 44, was accidentally shot by a police escort during an attack by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.
Gunmen on motorcycles had attacked the convoy of Kefas’ mother along the Wukari-Kente road in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State on Thursday, December 5, 2024.
Reports say, a police escort in the convoy tried to fire at the gunmen who attempted to block the vehicle conveying the governor’s mother, Jummai Kefas, but the bullet accidentally hit Atsi, who was sitting next to her mother.
Atsi was reportedly rushed to the Teaching Hospital, Wukari but was later flown to Abuja for further treatment, but all to no avail.