The Ombatse spiritual group has made a statement to the effect that its spiritual leader, Lega Agu, commonly called Baba Alakyo, is alive, hale and hearty, contrary to speculations that he was killed by Fulani mercenaries on Sunday morning.
Barr. Zachari Zamani Alumaga, the legal adviser of the group who made this known in Lafia yesterday, said Baba Alakyo was in his house and going about his normal businesses.
Asked why the spiritual leader had not come out to refute the claim in person, Alumaga said the onus of proof was on those who claimed they had killed him.
He further asserted that the death of man that Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura sent over 100 policemen to capture would have elicited excitement in government circles and possible statement of declaration of victory.
“If Baba had been killed by the mercenaries, as the state Assembly has repeatedly accused Al-Makura of being behind the crisis in the state for whatever reason, I think it is left for him to prove his point beyond reasonable doubt for the public,” he said.
Saying that Baba Alakyo would speak for himself when he so desires, he urged the state government to dwell more on seeking ways of restoring peace instead of peddling rumours of the death of one of its citizens.