Gunmen kill eight in Plateau community
Gunmen have killed eight villagers in the Farin Lamba community in the Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau.
Rwang Tengwong, national publicity secretary of the Berom Youth Movement (BYM), a socio-cultural group, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos.
”The gunmen invaded the village at about 9:45 p.m. on Sunday in a car and shot sporadically at the victims.
”Eight persons were killed, including an eight-month-old baby,” said Mr Tengwong.
He said the baby and father were returning from the hospital when the armed men killed them.
Mr Tengwong decried the spate of killings in several communities in Riyom, Barkin Ladi, Jos South and Mangu local government areas.
He commended the commander of operation, Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, and expressed confidence that lasting peace would soon return to all troubled areas in the state.
Alfred Alabo, the public relations officer of the police command in Plateau, did not pick up several calls to his line, but a top police officer confirmed the attack.
(NAN)
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