The dethroned district head of Mayo-Selbe in Taraba state, Alhaji Sambo Hammangabdo (Jauro) miraculously cheated death after he was brutally butchered by hired assassins who reportedly attacked him at his residence.

According to a report by Mustapha, the community leader was said to have gallantly fought the four hoodlums during the attack and killed one in the process as he was brutally butchered and left for dead by three others who later fled the scene.

He was later rushed to the hospital where he was treated and is recuperating.