Reports state that Pastor Joshua Adah was returning from his mission station in Bantaje, a village near Jalingo, from an evangelistic outreach to some villagers when his car broke down.
A police spokesman for the Taraba State Command, Joseph Kwaji told journalists that, "The pastor's car broke down at Chediya on his return from Kogi. He then phoned his mechanic at Jalingo to help him fix the car. When the mechanic arrived, the two men agreed to hire a vehicle at nearby Dan Anacha, which would toll the car to Jalingo."
According to Kwaji, "the mechanic upon return to the scene could not find the pastor", adding that "after a thorough search, his body was found in the area".
Pastor Adah is survived by his wife and two children, ages 8 and 6. His widow said that he was "mercilessly hacked to death."
He had left the comforts of city life to start a boarding school in a round hut that provided free education to a student population that grew to more than 400 pupils.
